‘A vehicle to expose prejudice, bias, and stupidity’: Sacha Baron Cohen defends Ali G as satire

‘A delusional cultural appropriator’ … Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Guardian

Sacha Baron Cohen has launched an impassioned defence of satire, the right to offend, and his Ali G character on in a lengthy article for Time magazine.

On the eve of the release of his new film, Ali G: Who Iz I?, Baron Cohen described satire as “more important than ever”, adding that “along the way, some people, instead of laughing, wince or worse, take offence.”