New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Who Iz I?, arguing that the character's outdated and problematic qualities make him useful for satire. Critics, meanwhile, question whether the intended joke prevents the performance from reinforcing racial stereotypes.

"The fact that Ali G is outdated and problematic is the very reason I resurrected him." He described his characters as tools for exposing prejudice, while acknowledging that audiences do not always see them that way.

His explanation centers on whom the audience is supposed to laugh at. He presents Ali G as a white man appropriating the clothes and language of the rap and dancehall performers he admires. Baron Cohen wrote that the joke is on the character and the establishment figures who take him se...