Politeness strategies used by the main character (Marcus) in Get Rich or Die Trying movie

This study focuses on politeness strategies used by main character in Get Rich or Die Trying movie using Brown and Levinson’s theory. Get Rich or Die Trying movie is the acting debut of rapper 50 Cent. Under his given name, the decidedly non-gangster Curtis Jackson, 50 Cent plays an abridged version of himself: a Queens-born, drug-dealing thug turned hip-hop icon named Marcus. The movie itself is a solid repackaging of the criminal back story that made 50 Cent famous. Not even the star himself can be bothered to do much more than crack his amazing Kool-Aid smile. He is frequently caught giving his costars looks completely absent of emotional expression. He could be thinking. He could be on life support. Get Rich or Die Trying movie is one of the popular American Hollywood films, written by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and distributed by Paramount in 2005. This movie teaches us about the value of life, moral, principle, friendship, sadness, bravery, etc.

Politeness strategy is the way of utterances used in communication in the purpose of keeping the interaction between the speaker and the hearer go smoothly. Therefore, the politeness strategy of this movie needs to be studied. This research is conducted to answer the problems concerning politeness strategies used by Marcus in Get Rich or Die Trying movie, and which politeness strategies mostly used by Marcus in Get Rich or Die Trying movie? This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative, the data were in the form of transcribed utterances from VCD of Get Rich or Die Trying movie. After obtaining the data, the researches classified the data into four parts of politeness strategies: Bald-on record, Positive politeness, Negative politeness, off record, and then analyzed them into four parts of politeness strategies and made the general conclusion based on the theory and research finding about the politeness strategies.

The researcher found the politeness strategies used by the main character of Get Rich or Die Trying movie are Bald on record such as in an emergency. The strategies found are mostly positive politeness such as attend to the hearer, avoid disagreement, assume agreement, and hedge opinion. Negative politeness such as minimizing imposition, and be indirect. The last is off record such as in give hints, be vague, and be sarcastic.

Based on the findings of this research, the researcher hopes this research gives contributions to the researcher herself and the readers, for someone who is interested in analyzing movie, especially get rich or die trying movie. The spectators of this movie are not only suggested to focus more on the usage of language and understand the moral value of this movie. But they are also hoped to be able to apply good sides of this movie in their daily life.