The idea behind the Manahi film initiative deserves acknowledgement and appreciation, though I don t believe its content transcends the slapstick comedy Al Masil , or the public relations film Kaif Al Hal? which Saudis viewed in Bahraini cinemas with ridicule and disgust.

Perhaps one of the reasons this comedy group's popularity transcended borders, including the Atlantic ocean, was their use of the Spanish language as a source for laughs. Far from slapstick humor, mockery, sexism and dirty jokes that are very characteristic of Hispanic comedy, Les Luthiers made use of wordplay and music, and referenced diverse themes such as psychoanalysis, math and epistemology.