The Irony Of American Healthcare as Constructed in Documentary Movie Entitled SICKO in Presidential Campaign For 2008.

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THE IRONY OF AMERICAN HEALTHCARE AS CONSTRUCTED IN

DOCUMENTARY MOVIE ENTITLED SICKO IN THE PRESIDENTIAL

CAMPAIGN FOR 2008

THESIS

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirement For the Sarjana Sastra Degree of the English Department

Faculty of Cultural Sciences Sebelas Maret University

By

Edwi Mardiyoko

C0307022

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES

SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY

SURAKARTA

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PRONOUNCEMENT

Name : Edwi Mardiyoko

Student Number : C0307022

I certify that the thesis entitled “The Irony of American Healthcare as Constructed in Documentary Movie Entitled SICKO in the Presidential Campaign for 2008” is not a plagiarism nor written by others. Any materials and theories used as reference are written in direct quotation or in paraphrase. I am fully responsible for the pronouncement. If it is proven to be wrong, I am willing to take any responsible actions given by the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, including the withdrawal of the degree.

Surakarta, April 23, 2015 The researcher

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“You are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is good, and forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah.”

(The Qur’an 3: 110)

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DEDICATION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Bismmillahirahmannirahim…

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah SWT for His blessing and bring me to life. Greet be to the Prophet of Muhammad SAW my uswatun hasanah who gives me guidance to gain the spirit of Islam. Finally, I can finish this research in a good way. This accomplishment also comes because of all direct and supports from many people. Therefore, I would like give special thank for them who had already given their supports and prays in finishing this research and my gratitude goes to:

Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed, Ph.D, Dean of Faculty of Cultural Sciences, for approving this thesis. Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A, Ph.D, the Head of English Department, for the approval and the support, and also for all the lectures of English Department. I want to thank for them for all knowledge, advices, supports, and experiences during I study in English Department.

To Mrs. Ida Kusuma Dewi, S.S., M.A., my academic advisor, for her beautiful advices when I got any problems. Mr. Yusuf Kurniawan, S.S., M.A., my thesis consultant. I thank for helps in finishing this thesis. I could never finish this thesis without his helpful suggestion, advices, devastating criticisms, and corrections. I do apologize, if I make mistake and thank for you sir for being patient with me.

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The students of American Studies 2007, The Feds who have helped me to finish this thesis. I specially thank to Mbak Pipit, Makna, Daniel, Syaiful, Chandra, and Vista, hopefully you can achieve you goals in your life. I also thank to the students of ED’07 who have given colors in my days during I study in English Department. I am so grateful to have all of them as my friends.

At BEM, I am particularly grateful to Farida, Evi, Bungsu, Wisnu, Rizal Fikri, Irwanto, Dyah Mata, Yusuf, Bara, Mbak Ulfa, and the others for their patience and support. Also at EDCOM, Cassandra, Hanifan, Rara, Jusmar, Mas Kiki, Mbak Aya, Mbak Rini and many other for their assistance and support when we had been board together. EDCOM is nothing but it is everything.

At HMI, I must thank to Sidiq, Tori, Fajar, Kanda Arief, Anjas, and Kanda Roseno for their encouragement, their faith, and their friendship. Then, I also thank to Much. Pandu, Usman, Endang, Dewi, Woro, Setyari, and many cadre of HMI for their enthusiasms, expertise, unfailing patience, crazy discussions, and humors who have kept me to finish this thesis.

I do apologize to the people that I could not mention one by one. I thank for their pray, support, and encouragement. Any errors in this thesis, of course, my own responsibility.

Surakarta, March 19, 2015

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LIST OF PLATES

1.1 Pierce’s model element of meanings ... 43

2.1 Cover of SICKO ... 47

2.2 The sequence of Adam ... 49

2.3 Dramatized sequence of the American Dream ... 50

2.4 The sadness of a mom ... 53

2.5 The old man worker’s personal experience ... 53

2.6 The sob of health insurance salesperson ... 54

2.7 Dramatized testimony through camera movement ... 58

2.8 Comedy tape for confrontation patient versus HMO ... 59

2.9 Montage pictures the conspiracy of HMO’s origin ... 61

2.10 A newsreel informs the failure of medical programs ... 64

2.11 Metaphoric message concerning healthcare case ... 65

2.12 Dramatizes offering the afraid against socialized medical programs .... 68

2.13 Constructing heroine, Hillary R. Clinton, sign of women’s power ... 69

2.14 A testimony from the U.S people preferring to Canadian healthcare and Constructing media to make fallacy of Canadian healthcare ... 70

2.15 Testimony of dr. Jacques Milliez testifies about French medical service 73 2.16 Dramatize constructing Cuba as evil place and A journalistic footage of the rejection against Cuba ... 73

The Irony Of American Healthcare as Constructed in Documentary Movie Entitled SICKO in Presidential Campaign For 2008.