After a less-than-flattering portrait of Kingman emerged on Sacha Baron Cohen’s new series, with residents saying black people "aren't welcome" and Muslims create "problems," representatives for the northwestern Arizona city of about 29,000 hit back.
"It might be easy to laugh off what took place Sunday night on a show with very low ratings that tries to make everyone look bad," officials said in a written statement. "… But shrugging this off is not going to be us."
Sunday's episode of the Showtime series "Who Is America?" featured comedian Cohen, disguised as the liberal Dr. Nira Cain-N’Degeocello, leading a community meeting in Kingman.
