THE REPRESENTATION PERSPECTIVES IN WARKOP DKI REBORN: JANGKRIK BOSS PART 1

ABSTRACT
The film entitled Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss Part 1 became one of the best and well-liked
Indonesia films in 2016. This film is categorized as a low-comedy film and also considered as a pop-culture
product. It is also a remake film, that is, the film was inspired by the successful WarkopDKI series films in
1980s. The film was produced to entertain people using humorous actions and settings. These facts of the
film lead to the importance of doing analysis on this film. Based on the theory of representation and the
concepts of low comedy, this paper will describe the representation of the film Warkop DKI Reborn:
Jangkrik Boss Part 1 through the use of the coarse language, slapstick actions, and farcial scenes, based on
the performances of three main characters (Dono, Kasino, and Indro). These kinds of language, actions,
scenes can represent the ordinary people�s everyday-life activities and their meanings.