FLOUTING OF GRICE’S MAXIM IN CHRIS ROCK ‘SELECTIVE OUTRAGE’ STAND-UP COMEDY SHOW ON NETFLIX

This research aims to analyze the types and how flouting maxims are used in
creating humor in Chris Rock's 'Selective Outrage' Stand-up Comedy Show on
Netflix. It focuses on Chris Rock's stand-up comedy, Selective Outrage, which
addresses social phenomena. It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best
Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television. The data was utterances
displayed for 1 hour and 10 minutes in a script spoken or English subtitle in his
comedy performance. The data was collected through a documentary method,
using videos of Chris Rock's performance on Netflix. The study uses a
descriptive-qualitative design to analyze the linguistic components of the material
pragmatics in Chris Rock's comedy performances. The findings demonstrate that
the comedian applies every type of maxim, including quality, quantity, relation,
and manner to create humor, with maxims flout of quality being the most
frequently used. The study also reveals that Chris Rock uses various strategies to
flout his maxims, and irrelevant strategies are used more regularly than metaphor
and understatement.