In this hilarious and controversial collection written in the voice of Cohen's most famous character, Ali G, the comedian mocks the rap culture, religion, and homophobia.

Who exactly is this Sacha Baron Cohen, who has everyone from TV personalities to the government of Kazakhstan all riled up?

Chronicles the life and career of Sacha Baron Cohen, from his college years at Cambridge, through his work as a comedian, to his cinematic success in such films as "Borat" and "Talladega Nights."

Now, in his lively and often humorous study The Many Faces of Sacha Baron Cohen: Politics, Parody, and the Battle over Borat, Robert A. Saunders explores the striking cultural resonance and far-reaching political ramifications of Baron ...

The book examines the political underpinnings of Baron Cohen's humor, the cultural ramifications of his ethnically charged satire, and the global implications of his various personae.

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen is a British comedian, writer, actor, sketch artist, and voice actor. He is most widely known for his portrayal of three fictional characters: Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, and Br no Gehard.

Two best friends torn apart by a life-altering secret.

... Ali G Indahouse ( 2002 ) , Peter Akinti , the editor of Untold , organised a protest against Ali G on the basis that the act is racist : He is the new Al Jolson - he's effectively blacked up to take the piss out of a stereotype of young ...

... Ali G's " carnivalesque contempt for the pompous and powerful people he [ was ] still able to ambush , manipulate and even humiliate ” ( “ Ali G ” 3 ) , as well as “ the density and complexity with which Ali's Rabelaisian idiom ...

... Ali G satirizes is a symbolic welcom- ing of a supposedly universal , or at least transnational , definition of ethnic identification markers . The interview with the head of homeland security starts with a short sequence during which Ali G ...