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Full Record for Film No. 113


Title:Ali G, innit
Director 1:James Bobin
Country:UK
Year:1999
length:89 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:TV comedy
Screenwriter:Sacha Baron Cohen
Cinematographer:Jade Carmen, Andy Hollis
Editor:James Thomas, Dan Goldthopp, Nick King
Producer:Dan Mazer
Production company:A TalkBack Production for VCI/Channel 4
Cast:Sacha Baron Cohen
Location:TABB
TABB No.:65
Synopsis:Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy persona 'Ali G' is misogynist, homophobic and materialist and displays a provocative lack of awareness. Ali G eludes any definitve identity: Is he a white or an Asian person trying to be black? This hybridity enables Ali G to blur and at the same time transgress ethnic boundaries when discussing such topics as national, cultural and ethnic identity with well-known public figures.
Keyword 1:homophobia
Keyword 2:Britishness
Keyword 3:otherness
Keyword 4:gender
Keyword 5:humour

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