1. Ancient orientals falling off their magic carpets could rely on airplanes to assist. In the case of princesses, they could also count on a parachute under the seat.
2. The inside of a genie's bottle is a middle class home from the London suburbs
3. Oriental kings were not slain by rivals or enemies, like Europeans. Rather, they merely retired and became acrobats.
4. The ancients of Baghdad invented bikinis. And we thank them for it
5. The streets of ancient Baghdad were much like today, except they had more motorbikes then.
6. The Chapeau Claque was first used by the ancient assistants to retired kings. The position of "assistant acrobat", once so important to our human culture, has now been lost in the dimmest memories of antiquity, and rarely is seen on a modern business card. Even the banks that kept a pantomime horse on the payroll have cut loose most of their assistant acrobats.

On the other hand, I don't know if we should complain that much about a moviemaker that shows us Catherine Zeta-Jones naked. As seen when you click here.