Thirty years on, Kazaam director Paul Michael Glaser has admitted what the world has always known: his 1996 film, starring Shaquille O'Neal as a rapping genie, didn't quite work. Asked about a fresh roast from the new Scary Movie, Glaser told The Hollywood Reporter, 'I don't think we executed it as well as we could have.' Consider that the director's official confirmation.

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