{"id":89,"date":"2026-08-31T18:57:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2026-08-31T18:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:57:56","slug":"sacha-baron-cohens-new-ali-g-movie-facing-serious-backlash-with-huge-petition-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Sacha Baron Cohen\u2019s new Ali G movie facing serious backlash with huge petition launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Cinemas are being urged not to screen Sacha Baron Cohen\u2019s new Ali G film after campaigners slammed the revival of the &#8216;problematic&#8217; character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In the days since the<\/p>\n<div class=\"harzsgqwhvbn0asgy7tyijvgbyiny7eykmykyfvyiyf2nqyi6oqoyimq2yfyik9ykyfx2nqoxqyk\" data-harzsgqwhvjvgbut=\"true\">trailer<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>dropped, tens of thousands of people have backed a boycott of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>the sequel to the<\/p>\n<p>2002 comedy<em>Ali G Indahouse,<\/em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>which is set to be released in several weeks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The impending return of the notorious character has sparked controversy among film buffs, who have hit out at Cohen for producing &#8216;yet another harmful film&#8217; that critics say &#8216;enforces harmful stereotypes&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cinemas are being urged not to screen Sacha Baron Cohen\u2019s new Ali G film after campaigners slammed the revival of the &#8216;problematic&#8217; character. In the days&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nulnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}