Menertawakan Kejelataan Kita2: Transgresi Batas-Batas Marginalitas dalam Sinetron Komedi Bajaj Bajuri
Abstract: Political transition
in Indonesia since 1998 has created uncertain situation for most Indonesian
people. Moreover, the hard economic condition has multiplied the number of
people living below the poverty line. In these circumstances, the light entertainments
such as situation comedy, which blends the portrait of ordinary people and
their quaint life style, occupied the prime time of television programming in
Indonesia. This paper discusses the popularity of the situation comedy Bajaj
Bajuri (bajaj literally means “two-passenger pedicab motor with scooter
machine”) in contemporary Indonesia. This series is about the daily life of
Bajuri’s (bajaj’s driver) family and their lower class neighbours in the edge
of metropolitan Jakarta (the capital city of Indonesia). Therefore, this paper
focuses on the representation of the marginalised people and how television
constructed the boundary of marginality. This paper argues that situation
comedy is not only reinforcing stereotype of the lower class group but also
transgressing the stereotypical image of the lower class by parodying and
abusing popular discourse.
Key words: transgression,
parody, marginalization, comedy film
Penulis: Budi Irawanto
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd060007
