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The Da Vinci Code: Fact, myth, fiction & religionTHE DA VINCI CODE COCKTAIL – FACT, MYTH, FICTION & RELIGION There’s nothing new about Jesus surviving the crucifixion, nor that he married Mary and had children – but even today there are many Christians (and others) who abide by the old stories and who regard these as explosive concepts. Consequently the notion that there are descendants of Jesus walking among us (perhaps in the South of France like at the Cannes film festival, where the film has its world premiere) is at least preposterous, at worst blasphemous to some. Striking as this subject does at the foundation stone of Christianity, The Da Vinci Code’s most effective sales pitch is that it dares mix these already volatile elements with the tools of fiction, adding myths and the irresistible element of organised secrecy – a sort of inverted conspiracy. By blending fact and fiction like this, the work takes on a duality: on the one hand, the author and the filmmakers can claim that this is just entertainment. It’s not history or scholarship (although much research went into it) but a thriller, with fictional characters. On the other hand, they are nudge-nudge wink-winking that actually, there is indeed something to all this hokum. Just look how credible is Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing, “the sphinx of the story, 17.05.2006 | Editor's blog Cat. : Albinism in popular culture Andrew L. Urban Bible conspiracy theories CDATA Culture Entertainment Entertainment Films Ian McKellen Ian McKellen Leigh Teabing Leonardo da Vinci Mary Opus Dei the Cannes Film Festival The Da Vinci Code FILM
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