I really do believe that, he is a man who is willing to do absolutely anything and everything it takes for his comedy. Let me just get one thing out of the way right now, Sacha is a tremendous comedian. Which is why he's tried out his hand at more straightforward comedy films like The Dictator and this one. He knew that, at least at the time, he was super famous and he would be recognized everywhere he went. Sacha certainly smartened up after that, as he hasn't gone back to the mockumentary formula since Bruno. Bruno felt like Borat, but with a gay character instead of a Jewish-hating reporter. But there is no denying that Bruno lacked the same spark and wit that made Borat such a hit.
Bruno wasn't as successful as Borat, which followed the same mockumentary formula, even though I still thought it was a great comedy. And then Sacha Baron Cohen's career kind of exploded after that and, ever since Borat, he's certainly been trying to recapture that lightning in the bottle. But it was a movie that highlighted the type of racism that was still alive in some American communities at the time.
It was a movie that made people uncomfortable and grossed them out, sometimes all in the same scene. The point is that Borat, as controversial as it was and, realistically speaking, still is, was really one of the great satires of, maybe, all time. I don't know what film would end up rounding out the top 5, I'd honestly have to go take a look through all of the comedies that I've seen. Monty Python's Life of Brian would be on that list, as would be Chaplin's Modern Times and The Great Dictator. I honestly don't think I've talked about how Borat, the movie obviously and not the titular character, is one of my favorite comedy films of all time.
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