On 26 August, Sacha Baron Cohen and Sony Pictures showed off the new Ali G sequel. The response — it’s fair to say — has not been positive. And now, campaigners are asking cinemas to not show the film, with one UK chain already confirming the following:
Cohen is receiving backlash for three primary reasons. The first is that the character is basically just Cohen doing blackface:
When Ali G first came out, the joke was seemingly pastiching white guys who appropriated what they saw as Black culture in London.
Whether you bought that joke or not, it’s clearly worn thin to the point of being non-existent at this point, and as such people are understandably taking the character to be Cohen’s impression of Black people.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 6 days ago
LOL of all the reasons to boycott Sacha, I don’t think 'Ali G being basically blackface" is one of them. Happy to listen to the affected demographic on this, but from the original show and movie it was clear he was a wigger and he made himself the butt of every joke. Unless that dynamic has been flipped for this newest movie then I don’t see how it’s blackface. I certainly agree they shouldn’t screen it or give him any undue attention, but I can think of many better reasons for that than the one given.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
This might be news but blackface also is a white person pretending to be a racist black stereotype.
Guess you’re just so racist that you can’t tell how racist Sasha Cohen is anymore. The successful normalization of racism. Brought to you by Ali G.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Sorry, what? Ali G exists to poke fun white brits appropriating black culture. I’m not a fan, but we have to call things what they are.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 days ago
… Bro believe it or not that’s a slur, and you know which one if you think for one second about what it literally means.
alekwithak@lemmy.world 6 days ago
George would like a word with you. .
But putting aside the fact that no tf it isn’t, you cannot separate something from the context in which it originates. You don’t get to revise history because you don’t like a word that was used to make fun of white suburban kids who acted like black urban youth. Now if you want to tell me who that word is supposed to offend and why I’m all ears, or eyes, but I’m not gonna let you use a single word to invalidate me because you’ve got a victim complex.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
or like Iggy Azalea, a minstrel that can’t be ass’d to black up.
Would you like a poppadom ?
straight outta Romesh Ranganathan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPoO_mT3ZZU
banause@feddit.org 5 days ago
This comment is wild.