{
  "id": 3997541,
  "title": "Sacha Baron Cohen Ali G Movie Slammed as Racist, Activists Send 37,000 Emails to Theaters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/sacha-baron-cohen-ali-g-movie-slammed-as-racist-activists-send-37-000",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T16:35:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
    "slug": "the-hollywood-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sacha-baron-cohen-ali-g-movie-boycott-theaters-1236684226/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "\"I thought I'd play it safe and bring this guy back,\" wrote Cohen about the upcoming 'Ali G: Who Iz I?' movie, which is facing rising uproar.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Ali G’ Return Hit by Racial Backlash as Activists Urge Theaters Not to Screen the Film",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/sacha-baron-cohens-ali-g-return-hit-by-racial-backlash-as-activists",
        "published": "2026-08-28T18:22:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}