Woke Britbox bosses have added a trigger warning to Sacha Baron Cohen's Da Ali G Show. The Streaming platform is warning viewers sensitive to racist terms. Viewers are warned episodes contain crude humour, including racist terms which
may offend, sexual references and strong language. The show first aired on Channel 4 in 2000. Cohen won a string of awards playing the wannabe urban rapper and spoof interviewer for several years. The Sun quotes a TV insider saying:
The warning will be greeted with disbelief by anyone who watched the original series which was almost universally liked. There were some voices who criticised the show for allowing people to laugh
at black, urban street culture, but the majority of viewers thought Ali G was hilarious.
The classic comedy Keeping Up Appearances, which originally ran from 1990 to 1995, has also suffered similar treatment by Britbox. A
trigger warning has been prefixed saying that episodes contain language and attitudes of the era that may offend. The Sun speculates that the offending lines were about Polish imigrants and phrases such as bent as a £4 note.
Offsite Comment: Is it cos I is racist? 20th May 2021. See article from spiked-online.com Da Ali G Show, an
anti-racist satire, has been slapped with content warnings about its racist content. |