Disappointingly, Ali G Escapes Death
All right, that headline’s a bit harsh, but you get the idea. I don’t think Ali G is funny. I first watched his particular form of sabotage comedy while living in Ireland, and found it more clumsy and cruel than amusing. Clearly, that intellectual giant Ashton Kutcher drew some inspiration for his awful (well, I’ve never watched it, but I’m going to speculate) show, Punked.
Regardless, the comedian who plays Ali G, Sasha Baron Cohen, caused a riot in Roanoke, Virginia when he claimed to be a visiting Kazakhstanian singer and garbled the National Anthem.
The Roanoke Times reported that the crowd turned “downright nasty.” One observer said “If he had been out there a minute longer, I think somebody would have shot him.”
No joy there, apparently.
