Before the first showing of MirrorMask that I saw, was the following preview:

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

"The hilarious story of what happens when the U.S. Government sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find out what makes the over 300 million Muslims in the region laugh. Brooks, accompanied by two state department handlers and his trusted assistant, goes on a journey that takes him from a concert stage in New Delhi, to the Taj Mahal, to a secret location in the mountains of Pakistan."

Um, yeah. At one point during the trailer I turned to my friend and asked, "This can't be a real movie, right? I mean, no one would really make something that terrible." It seems, dear friends, that someone did. Just from the bits revealed in the trailer (which are often the best of the film) it looks to be unfunny at best, insulting at worst. Needless to say, I don't believe I shall be checking it out in the theaters.