Originally posted by: Marvolo
But I have never seen any record of a goat acting like that goat did. It was completely wrong.

As a student of mythology and legends I can tell you that mystical creatures like that goat man have been in he minds of people for a very long time.

Seriously, I actually like random strangeness in movies if it's done well (otherwise I wouldn't like the original Star Wars) and having a strange goat man playing a string instrument in Xerxes presence spoke to his immense wealth. To own such a rare and mystical being gave the hunchback even more awe when he observed Xerxe's greatness. I actually don't mind that people laughed. I actually even agree that it was silly in many obvious ways. I laughed myself. That still doesn't mean that I don't think it was awesome at the same time though.