RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF STAND-UP COMEDY PERFORMANCES BY THREE FAMOUS AMERICAN COMICS by Fadly Dzil Ikram, Safnil Arsyad, Gita Mutiara Hati

“…This research aimed at finding the rhetorical of narrative section based on Labov’s model and the stand-up comedy techniques which dominantly used by Jim Jefferies, Ricky Gervais, and Bill Burr on their performances. The observation checklist was used in this research. …”
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Life’s Too Short to be polite: Exploiting impoliteness and rudeness in Gervais And Merchant’s humour about physical difference by Dermot Heaney

“…What follows is a qualitative analysis of the use of impoliteness for comic effect in the British comedy series Life’s Too Short written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Because each episode centres on Warwick Davis, an actor with restricted growth, or dwarfism, there is a considerable risk of superiority or disparagement-type comedy about a taboo subject like physical difference, stigmatized in current British culture. …”
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Linguagem ficcional e carnavalização: aspectos dialógicos e ideológicos do reflexo e da refração social do filme O primeiro mentiroso by Andre Cordeiro dos Santos

“…Tomando parte dos estudos da linguagem ficcional e de como esta reflete e refrata a realidade, neste artigo, propomos estudar os modos pelos quais o filme O primeiro mentiroso, de Ricky Gervais e Matthew Robinson, reflete e refrata as relações sociais, por meio do discurso sobre a mentira. …”
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