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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Okundaye

Booyakasha! Ali G is back – but even he can’t match the absurdity of modern Britain

Older Ali G  wearing a rasta cap with dreadlocks, looking downcast
A still from the forthcoming film Ali G: Who Iz I?. Photograph: Amazon MGM Studios

And so the nostalgia machine grinds on, dragging another pop culture corpse back into the light: yes, it’s the return of Ali G. Respeck.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s skull-cap-wearing, “rudebwoy” wankster is staging a comeback with Ali G: Who Iz I?. The new film, premiering next month, is a mockumentary that sees the character starting a family with long-term companion Julie (thinking his approach to fatherhood will be “absent”) and embracing TikTok, all while donning new fake dreads and a rastacap.

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