He was real funny in Borat, though. All those over-the-top anti-Semitic tropes, said in Modern Hebrew but with an outlandish accent to disguise it as a Slavic language; Running of the Jooo!
Yes, though when you reach the point overlooking the incredible mine of Stalinazi hate today, he’s clearly no longer some “brave comedian/satirist.” He’s just another brick in the wall.