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For starters, people recognize his character now.
Secondly, thisBorathas an actual story, with actual character arcs and actual emotional turning points and whatnot.
So Borat decides to gift his daughter to Pence, Americas Vice Pussy Grabber.
And yes, they do go to a farm supply store to buy a cage for her.
And yes, the owner does high-five Borat about all the Mexicans Donald Trump can fit in one cage.
And yes, the owner does reply, How many you got in the van?
A tanning-salon attendant gamely answers the question of what spray-tan color is best for a racist family.
A dress-store owner chuckles when Borat asks for the No Means Yes section.
were it not for Bakalovas voracious energy and immersion in the part.
As a result, the Borat-Tutar dynamic has real tenderness.
(People have noted Shakespeare likely wroteKing Learduring a long-ago plague.
It now appears that Sacha Baron Cohen has created his own insane twist onLearduring this current pandemic.)
Sure enough, she turns out to be a Holocaust survivor.
After initially taking offense at the character, Kazakhstan appears to have made its peace with him.
But of course, Borat was never actually Kazakh.
Baron Cohens character speaks a combination of Hebrew and Polish.
The scenes in his hometown were shot in a Roma village in Romania, using local extras.
The movie was banned across much of the Arab world.
(Mahiractually sued Baron Cohenat one point but then again, who didnt?)
(This is why I broke out in hives when I first saw him onDa Ali G Show.)
Only he was a fake man from a fake land and they were real people from a real society.
And now here he is again.
Hes still fake and were still real.
So, no, we dont actually need Borat anymore.
But we should still be glad he exists.
