Liberal fans and “Free Palestine” freak are threatening to boycott Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen‘s follow-up film for his over-the-top rapper wannabe character Ali G, with the film Ali G: Who Iz I? set to debut in October.
\n\nAs the Amazon/MGM Studios film barrels toward its debut, left-wing activists are flooding theaters with an email campaign protesting Cohen’s Ali G reboot, calling the dreadlocked character a racist stereotype of black people, according to Variety.
\n\nPresented as another one of Cohen’s typical mocumentary-styled comedies, Ali G: Who Iz I? purports to follow the character as he mounts a comeback tour to revitalize his moribund rapping career.
\n\nA left-wing group called NewsCord is behind the email campaign to send some 37,000 emails to cinemas and movie houses warning them not to screen the new Ali G film.
\n\n“Black British comedians called the character ‘an alibi for racism’ in 2000,” the organization said in a statement. “[British author] Jeanette Winterson asked what separates it from the Black and White Minstrels; Kazakh and Arab organisations documented the harm of the catalogue behind it. Sony Pictures UK is selling it with the line ‘He iz back. We ain’t liable.’ The screens belong to the chains…
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