‘Ali G: Who Iz I?’ Writer Defends Amazon Movie Amid Outcry Over Sacha Baron Cohen’s Character Reinforcing “Harmful” Racial Stereotypes
EXCLUSIVE: As the self-anointed “voice of youth” in the late 1990s, Ali G was a British cultural sensation, parroted in school playgrounds and quoted in Parliament.
But nearly 30 years on, Sacha Baron Cohen has been criticized for “microwaving a relic from a generation ago” with his unexpected decision to reboot the suburban rude boy. […]
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