Saturday, May 20, 2006

The DaVinci Caffufle

So, I saw The DaVinci Code movie (having read the book about a year ago) and was quite impressed with how well it was made and how true to the book it was. Good job, Howard et al.

However, for the past week I've ashamedly watched about three hours of DaVinci Code commentary, most of it trying to "disprove" or "discredit" Dan Brown's novel. It makes me angry. You know why? Because THE DAVINCI CODE IS A WORK OF FICTION!

It is not a textbook. It is not a historical account. It is not a factual documentation. It is a work of fucking fiction. It is not something that you can argue with. You can disapprove of the novel, but you dan't disprove it, because it didn't really happen! It is a work of fiction, perhaps based on some facts, but even the characters in the novel are in dispute over the veracity of the "facts" they present.

So, what I would like everyone who has some beef with The DaVinci Code to do is this: Step back, take a deep breath, and shut the fuck up. Give Dan Brown a break. His only crime has been writing an exciting, intruiging book.

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2 comments:

  1. Having also suffered under the attack of criticism for merely writing a play about two whacky angels sent to earth for a mission (I know it's a highly overused theme), I concur with you. Fiction is fiction...to be enjoyed...to engage our cognitive skills, deploy our sense of humor, and to transport our minds from our mundane lives into a place of the imagination...where anything is possible.

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  2. oh, alright

    thanks for being the realistic one

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