Bored At.

Borat. Borat. Borat. It seems the most improtant thing in the entertainment world right now is England's/Kazakhstan's Borat alias Sacha Baron Cohen [An aside here, why does no one comment on the name Baron-Cohen ? Are the British so used to the word baron that when it crops up in a name it's no big deal ?]
What strikes me most from the scenes I've seen from the movie as well as what I've seen from Cohen's [I'm boycotting calling him Baron Cohen] Ali G Show is that he specialises in making people laugh at other people who he has put in uncomfortable situations. Of course he says he's exposing and holding up to ridicule the many and various hipocrisies that exist in our society.

HBO spokesman Quentin Schaffer..., "Through his alter-egos, he delivers an obvious satire that exposes people's ignorance and prejudice...

But when you get down to brass tacks it's all about "oh look at the poor dumb square who doesn't get it".
Those "poor dumb squares" in the movie are all American, of course. And even as we speak millions of Americans are flocking to the movie who's central premise is the ridicule of Americans who are trying to be polite to a stranger from a foreign country.
At least we know the premise wouldn't work in France.