History Trivia / Borat

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Deliberately invoked. The openly Anti-Semitic Borat is portrayed by Creator/SachaBaronCohen, who is Jewish himself. When Borat speaks Kazakh in-universe, Baron Cohen is actually speaking Hebrew.

* BilingualBonus: Borat's speech is peppered with real Eastern European and Central Asian languages as well as Hebrew (the last likely being due to the fact that Creator/SachaBaronCohen is Jewish), plus helpings of actual gobbledygook. On the other hand, Azamat is speaking authentic Armenian (specifically, according to Website/ThatOtherWiki, the Eastern dialect) -- his actor, Ken Davitian, is of Armenian descent.

* BilingualBonus: Borat's speech is peppered with real Eastern European and Central Asian languages as well as Hebrew (the last likely being due to the fact that Creator/SachaBaronCohen is Jewish), plus helpings of actual gobbledygook. On the other hand, Azamat is speaking authentic Armenian (specifically, according to Wiki/ThatOtherWiki, the Eastern dialect) -- his actor, Ken Davitian, is of Armenian descent.

*** Was it unbanned?

* ChannelHop: The first film was released by Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios (then known as 20th Century Fox), while the sequel was released by [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Amazon Studios]]. Since Sacha Baron Cohen owned the rights to the character and 20th Century now being relegated to franchise films under Creator/{{Disney}}, coupled with Borat's controversial sense of humor clearly not setting well with Disney, it makes sense (not that Fox themselves were content with it, either; see below for more on that). In addition, Baron Cohen wanted the film to be released before the 2020 U.S. presidential election; with most U.S. theaters either closed or operating at reduced capacity due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, streaming was necessary to ensure a "wide" release.

* RealitySubtext: The sequel, ''Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'', acknowledges the first one's success, its pop culture footprint, and the gap between movies by explaining that what was, an-universe, a cheap documentary made for the Kazakh government somehow became hugely popular in the States; thus, it brought enduring national shame to Kazakhstan and made Borat a pariah for over a decade until he was given another chance. This also gives a reason why Cohen the actor can't just wear the gray suit everywhere -- Borat the character is now instantly recognizable, and he has to go undercover and resort to disguises in order to not be caught.

* ChannelHop: The first film was released by Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios (then known as 20th Century Fox), while the sequel was released by [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Amazon Studios]]. Since Sacha Baron Cohen owned the rights to the character and 20th Century now being relegated to franchise films under Creator/{{Disney}}, coupled with Borat's controversial sense of humor clearly not setting well with Disney, it makes sense (not that Fox themselves were content with it, either; see below for more on that). Also, Sacha wanted the film to be released before the 2020 Presidential Elections and wanting more viewers to watch the film as the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in most theaters being closed down.

* ChannelHop: The first film was released by Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios (then known as 20th Century Fox), while the sequel was released by [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Amazon Studios]]. Since Sacha Baron Cohen owned the rights to the character and 20th Century now being relegated to franchise films under Creator/{{Disney}}, coupled with Borat's controversial sense of humor clearly not setting well with Disney, it makes sense (not that Fox themselves were content with it, either; see below for more on that).