Representasi Kritik Terhadap Pendidikan dan Perilaku Masyarakat Indonesia dalam Stand-Up comedy Mesakke Bangsaku

Abstract

Penelitian kualitatif ini bertujuan menganalisis representasi kritik terhadap pendidikan formal dan perilaku masyarakat Indonesia dalam pertunjukan Mesakke Bangsaku (2013) karya Pandji Pragiwaksono. Menggunakan Teori Representasi Stuart Hall (pendekatan konstruksionis), data dikumpulkan dari rekaman video di comika.id melalui teknik simakcatat dan didukung studi literatur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pendidikan formal Indonesia direpresentasikan terkekang oleh penyeragaman potensi dan budaya hafalan melalui dikotomi ngafal vs mikir serta kritik Ujian Nasional. Sementara itu, perilaku masyarakat direpresentasikan penuh paradoks dan standar ganda; vokal menentang korupsi namun memiliki literasi politik rendah dan bersikap reaktif-emosional dalam pemilu. Secara keseluruhan, pertunjukan ini berhasil mengonstruksi kritik sosial yang tajam melalui humor dan kode budaya sebagai refleksi kondisi struktural dan kultural bangsa.

This qualitative study aims to analyze the representation of criticism toward the formal education system and social behavior in Pandji Pragiwaksono’s stand-up comedy special Mesakke Bangsaku (2013). Grounded in Stuart Hall’s Theory of Representation (constructionist approach), data were gathered from video recordings on comika.id using listening and note-taking techniques, supported by literature reviews. The results indicate that Indonesia's formal education is represented as constrained by standardized potential and a memorization culture, constructed through the dichotomy of "memorizing" vs "thinking" and National Examination criticism. Meanwhile, society's behavior is represented as full of paradoxes and double standards; highly vocal against corruption yet possessing low political literacy and reacting emotionally during elections. Overall, the performance successfully constructs sharp social commentary through humor and shared cultural codes, reflecting the nation's structural and cultural concerns.