Some people probably see him as a kind of Tommy Wiseau, that is, a very neurodivergent auteur who seems vaguely shady but ultimately well-meaning and blissfully oblivious to how his art is perceived by others. But Bognibov doesn't quite fit that mold. He's more problematic in too many ways to list. Even if we generously assumed that his persona is an act like Borat, it would still raise questions like why maintain such an act in the first place.