>>212295927 (OP)Honestly, there is a weird contrast between Borat in the Ali G show and in the movie.
In the show, Boratโs purpose is that he is an ESL speaker from some unknown country, so people let their guard down and/or forgive his silliness because, fundamentally, Borat is a polite, nice man from an unknown country with average English.
Then, for some reason, the movie starts by portraying Kazakhstan as overly poor for dumb jokes.
The difference is illustrated by how he sings the anthem in the show versus the movie.
The series clip:
https://youtu.be/kNinldEQK8Q?si=4RgH_ZGc24WKLGuD&t=515
The movie clip:
https://youtu.be/ePQ9_re7f1A?si=ldLZlqncUlz4H1kh