United Kingdom, Oct. 20 -- Sacha Baron Cohen resurrected Ali G because the character is "outdated and problematic".

The 55-year-old star has revived his buffoon alter-ego for Ali G: Who Iz I?, the new comedy film, and Sacha has explained why he decided to return to the divisive character.

The actor wrote for Time magazine: "The fact that Ali G is outdated and problematic is the very reason I resurrected him.

"The world he's returned to is, in many ways, worse than the one he left 20 years ago. All the prejudices my characters are designed to expose haven't just lingered-they've metastasised. They're fuelled by the greatest propaganda machine in history-social media-and now by its monstrous child, AI."

Sacha observed that bigoted attit...