- Network: Channel 4
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 30, 2000
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Though Baron Cohen is clever and amusing and quick on his feet, his humor boils down to a few endlessly repeated gambits: malapropisms, misunderstandings, and outrageousness in the guise of innocence.
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The galling part is how Cohen betrays satire by making it hollow and toothless. "Da Ali G Show" is a sheep in wolf's clothing. [21 Feb 2003]
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Given his comedic breadth, it’s a shame that all the critical focus remains on his flattest sketch.
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There's no question that Sacha Baron Cohen is talented. And it may prove unwise to discount the tremendous popularity he and his Ali G character achieved in the United Kingdom. But the concept is hardly original to an American audience and, unfortunately, plays well under the acceptable level of greatness we've all come to expect from HBO. [21 Feb 2003]
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Da Ali G Show is all over the map -- funny in parts, overlong and out of steam in some taped bits and generally very inside in the humor department. Late night's a good spot for it.
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