Sacha Baron Cohen has been doing the circuit, giving thoughtful and smart interviews.
In anticipation of “Ali G: Who Iz I?” Cohen has appeared on “60 Minutes,” Howard Stern, Jimmy Fallon and even in a Time Magazine profile. It’s all been classy and on the up and up.
But certain questions are not being asked.
One is, does the movie set a record for producer credits? The answer is: Probably. I count a whopping 54 producers of various types. Of those, 13 are executive producers, or investors.
Second question: are any of those 13 investors, or 54 producers, concerned that “Ali G” is playing in theaters for one weekend only, and just once a day in most locations? And that the locations are minimal, to say the least? There are no shows in the Los Angeles metro area. Zip. There are very few in Manhattan. And other major markets.
So far, there’s no listing for the film on Amazon Prime, either, which is where it would be shown if not in theaters. You can buy an MP3 song from the movie, but it’s an instrumental and not very elucidating.
More to come…
