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Sprinkling Holy Water on 'The Da Vinci Code'
New York Times ^ | August 7, 2005 | SHARON WAXMAN

Posted on 08/04/2005 11:43:04 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o

But "Da Vinci," set for release in May, is shaping up as one of the movie world's more complicated exercises - so much so that Sony has dropped a scrim of secrecy over the affair, refusing to discuss anything but the barest details. The script has been closely controlled. Outsiders have been banned from the set. And those associated with the film have had to sign confidentiality agreements.

...their silence is a measure of concern about the potentially incendiary nature of the subject matter. The book, which is fiction, takes aim at central Christian dogma, claiming that Jesus had a child with Mary Magdalene, who was meant to be his true heir. It alleges an enormous coverup by the Roman Catholic Church, which, according to the book, usurped Mary's place in favor of a male-oriented hierarchy that has suppressed what Mr. Brown calls the "sacred feminine."

...Studio officials have consulted with Catholic and other Christian specialists on how they might alter the plot of the novel to avoid offending the devout..

"We came up with three things," Ms. Nicolosi said: the more ambiguous approach to the central premise, the removal of Opus Dei and amending errors in the book's description of religious elements in art....

[T]here are signs that the studio has not ruled out attracting religious moviegoers, including those who made an international sensation last year of Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of the Christ."

"The phrase I heard used several times was 'Passion dollars'; they want to try to get 'The Passion' dollars if they can," said Ms. Nicolosi, referring to her conversations about the film. "They're wrong," she added. "It's sacrilegious, irreligious. They're thinking they can ride the 'Passion' wave with this.

And I said, 'Are you kidding me?' "

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anticatholic; bigotry; christ; christianity; church; davinci; davincicode; getalife; itsfictionmorons; libel; movies; sacrilege; slander
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To: Mrs. Don-o
It's only a Mystery novel and not even a very good one...
21 posted on 08/04/2005 12:03:12 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA (That witch does not kill me, makes me stronger (NIETZSCHE))
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To: TheBigB

I always wondered why they didn't have cereals in the shape of crosses? Doesn't anyone realise that if you cut a cheerio in half...you have 2 crescents!! Could it be anymore obvious?


22 posted on 08/04/2005 12:05:00 PM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: WestSylvanian

Well if your inclined a book of FICTION as proof off something then you are an idiot. Part of it is based on fact ,just like Mobey Dick..Most of it isn't .Pleas man , stop it .You'd have to be pretty dumb to believe the story.DID YOU READ IT ?It's great fun and most mature Catholics enjoy it . None I know have had their faith shaken.


23 posted on 08/04/2005 12:05:26 PM PDT by hineybona
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To: Mrs. Don-o
"The phrase I heard used several times was 'Passion dollars'; they want to try to get 'The Passion' dollars if they can,"

They are so clueless. They apparently think that people who saw The Passion just happen to be interested in Religion, so they will make a movie about religion. Idiots.

24 posted on 08/04/2005 12:06:09 PM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
I used the Da Vinci Code with the keyword "Teddy" it came back with a grid in which I found

Fat
Lazy
Stupid
Drunk
Killer
Water
Mary
Crime
Gin
Tonic
Loser

It's amazingly accurate!
25 posted on 08/04/2005 12:06:45 PM PDT by TheForceOfOne (The alternative media is our Enigma machine.)
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To: Darkwolf377

I agree. And I'm glad to hear non-Christians not going to it! I have a feeling even Christians will gleefully line up for it and enjoy the Catholic/Christian bashfest. The book is sold as fiction and yet the author and his posse 'sell' it in interviews as Church 'secrets' revealed. And eager Christians line up, for the book at least, to hear their religion torn apart. And Catholics I know believe it as 'truth'. Aaaaaarrggghhh, as I run screaming from the room. - Not really, but that's how I feel when Catholics I know buy into it and try to get me to 'believe'. It kind of reminds me of how L.Ron Hubbard turned Dianetics into a 'religion'.


26 posted on 08/04/2005 12:06:57 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: EsmeraldaA

Exactly , maybe some dumb kid would believe the hype. The author himself says there isn't solid proof and much is just projection and suggestion. Remember folks, the guy is trying to sell his novel GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZ


27 posted on 08/04/2005 12:07:11 PM PDT by hineybona
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To: stuartcr
Doesn't anyone realise that if you cut a cheerio in half...you have 2 crescents!! Could it be anymore obvious?

I KNEW IT!! FINALLY, THE TRUTH IS OUT!!!

28 posted on 08/04/2005 12:07:34 PM PDT by TheBigB (I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party.)
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To: fortunecookie

Did you read it ?


29 posted on 08/04/2005 12:07:47 PM PDT by hineybona
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To: TheBigB

Sorry you had to learn it here...


30 posted on 08/04/2005 12:08:40 PM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: hineybona

Excerpts. And online commentaries. I know what it's about, a dear Catholic friend has read it and filled me in - she loves it.


31 posted on 08/04/2005 12:08:47 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: hineybona
IT'S FICTION ..IT WAS NEVER PRESENTED AS ANYTHING ELSE BUT FICTION..WILL YOU STOP ALREADY ! It's a mysterynovel..It's MADE UP, ot's SUPPOSED to be fun and it is.Only an IDIOT would take the book seriously..GEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZ

Yet I'm smart enough to know how to control my CAPS.

If you knew anything at all about the book you'd know Brown claims the book is based entirely on facts he "discovered" while researching the book. It's a novel, sure, but he claims everything talked about re:DaVinci and Jesus's "child" are factual.

You're obviously the target audience for this junk--gullible, easily-duped, and completely uninformed. Now go stand in line, you've got less than a year to opening day. Until then, don't shoot your mouth off about things you obviously know zero about.

32 posted on 08/04/2005 12:11:03 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them."-Wm. Clayton)
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To: hineybona

With respect, I must disagree. Yes I read the book. It is obvious from the dust jacket to the end of the book that the author is presenting a fictional story, but is basing the story on a framework of "carefully researched facts" about historical figures and events. This is done in much the same way that Michael Crichton does his novels, except that Crichton makes it easy to tell the difference between fact and fiction.


33 posted on 08/04/2005 12:12:07 PM PDT by Drawsing ("This uniform is not for sale." Alvin C. York after turning down commercial offers.)
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To: hineybona
You'd have to be pretty dumb to believe the story.DID YOU READ IT ?It's great fun and most mature Catholics enjoy it . None I know have had their faith shaken.

You've intrigued me, laid down the gauntlet. I have suspected that my Catholic friends who've read and looooved it were already on shaky grounds, faithwise. Our own parish has undergone many changes at the whims of some, including dissenters. I may have to - gulp - read it. It will give me some fun to argue with, at least, and laugh at.

34 posted on 08/04/2005 12:12:15 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: fortunecookie
The book is sold as fiction and yet the author and his posse 'sell' it in interviews as Church 'secrets' revealed.

Exactly--THAT is why this type of junk infuriates me. People read it and say "It's a novel but all the church stuff is true," when even the New York Times has completely demolished the assertions Brown makes. He not only gets his religion wrong, he gets his art and his history wrong--a trifecta!

35 posted on 08/04/2005 12:12:38 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them."-Wm. Clayton)
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To: fortunecookie

Well read it then ..then talk ..Its a make believe book , it's a murder mystery with very unbelievable characters in very unbelievable situations...But.It's well done and I guess it fooled your friends too ..So well done that even some stupid adults bought into it ..Please man ..its FICTION SOLD AS FICTION classified as FICTION..It's based on fact the same way Sgt Rock comic books have SOME facts in them ,like WWII, the same way Mobey Dick has some real places and events ..BUT ITS STILL FICTION.If you have friends who had their faith rattled over a FICTION novel then I question their fait and brains for that matter..Looking forward to the movie myself..I'm sure it will be great fun like the book..Get it FUN ..not an assult on Christianity ..FUN Make believe FUN


36 posted on 08/04/2005 12:13:39 PM PDT by hineybona
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To: WestSylvanian

"Dumb, gullible people are easily fooled."

Then believers should have nothing to worry about, and this whole thing is blown way out of proportion.


37 posted on 08/04/2005 12:13:56 PM PDT by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
...Studio officials have consulted with Catholic and other Christian specialists on how they might alter the plot of the novel to avoid offending the devout..

Have Bob Newhart wake up at the end of the movie, and realize that it was all a dream?

38 posted on 08/04/2005 12:14:10 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Darkwolf377

No MORONS say it's a novel and all the Church stuff is true. Maybe you should hang out with brighter people. It's OBVIOUS FICTION and listed as so .


39 posted on 08/04/2005 12:14:45 PM PDT by hineybona
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To: highball

Yea, more fanatics . Reminds me of people who see racism under every bed.It's a damn mystery novel ..GROW UP FOLKS


40 posted on 08/04/2005 12:15:52 PM PDT by hineybona
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