Sacha Baron Cohen has several different comedy main characters, but Ali G was the one who started him. The character Ali G (whose real name in the universe is Alistair Leslie Graham) was created as a prototype of certain types of youth culture in the UK at the time. Despite being around since 1998, the character didn’t really take off until the early 2000s, after HBO started several seasons of Cohen’s. Da Ali G Show – which also featured other famous Cohen creations, Borat and Brüno.
Like most of Cohen’s other characters, Ali G’s humor comes largely from his interactions with ordinary people. They are usually lulled into a false sense of security and don’t realize that Ali G is a character. They talk to him as if he were a real person. there Ali G officially retired back in 2007, and appeared in one feature film – 2002’s Ali G Indahouse – although he has made several appearances since then.
READ MORE: The Best Comedy Movies of the Last 25 Years
According to a new report, Ali G is set to make a big comeback – albeit not on film or TV, in part due to the writers and actors’ strikes. A source said Different that: “As a SAG and WGA member he supports the ongoing strike along with his fellow writers and actors. Instead, Cohen is working on a possible comedy outing where he would play a character like Ali G.
While Ali G may have been the character Cohen built his career on, he is now perhaps best known for Borat. Of course, that could change if this upcoming live show is a huge success.
Amazingly Deep Comedy Movies
These movies are good for laughs – and a lot more.
