{"id":5844,"date":"2005-07-03T22:41:45","date_gmt":"2005-07-03T22:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/07\/the-da-vinci-codecode.html"},"modified":"2005-07-03T22:41:45","modified_gmt":"2005-07-03T22:41:45","slug":"the-da-vinci-codecode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/07\/the-da-vinci-codecode.html","title":{"rendered":"The Da Vinci Code…Code"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some word on the movie, consistent with what we’ve been hearing<\/a><\/p>\n

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Word is that screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ("A Beautiful Mind," "Cinderella Man") is making plenty of changes – and that downplaying author Brown’s anti-Catholic theme is one of them. <\/p>\n

For example, the Catholic organization Opus Dei will not play a significant role in the movie, according to one of the select few who have read one of the carefully numbered scripts. "They’re not out to make a religious movie," he says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Umm…good luck.<\/p>\n

I’d much rather spend time pondering The Asti Spumante Code, myself<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Asti Spumante Code <\/em>parallels the Da Vinci<\/em> plot. There is a hero (Jim Crack) and a heroine (Emily) who are trying to figure out a code. Well, kind of a code. <\/p>\n

It’s more, really, a barcode or a product code, the kind usually found on the back cover of a book. <\/p>\n

And instead of searching for the Holy Grail, they’re looking for the greatest book that will ever be written.<\/p>\n

As Jim explains to Emily, there was once a "more innocent age" before chick lit. <\/p>\n

This was an age "when writers wrote books that both men and women read. Some of the earlier writers are a bit obscure, but think Charles Dickens. Think Jane Austen. Think Henry James."<\/p>\n

But then publishers realized they could "double their profits if they forced writers to write books only for men, say, or women, or even children."<\/p>\n

So Clements’ Code<\/em>, it turns out, is more than just a spoof on Da Vinci<\/em>; it’s a spoof on the whole publishing industry. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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