Da Vinci Code is Colorless
Religious conservatives aren't the only ones ticked off by the Da Vinci Code movie - albinos are as well:Critics cite a long list of albinos cast as heavies by Hollywood: The dreadlocked twins in "The Matrix Reloaded," a powder-haired hit man in the Chevy Chase-Goldie Hawn crime romp "Foul Play," the pasty zombies in "The Omega Man," a sadistic killer in "Cold Mountain," even the wicked executioner in the fairy-tale comedy "The Princess Bride."Michael McGowan, an albino who heads the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation, said "The Da Vinci Code" will be the 68th movie since 1960 to feature an evil albino. "Silas is just the latest in a long string," McGowan said. "The problem is there has been no balance. There are no realistic, sympathetic or heroic characters with albinism that you can find in movies or popular culture."
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What about the protagonist in the (regrettably pedophiliac and homoerotic) movie "Powder"?
- by a holland on May 18, 2006 at 10:34 AM | link
It's not movieland, but I do think rock-n-roll is part of popular culture. Any fans of Johnny Winter out there -- or maybe of his little brother Edgar? But maybe they don't make the grade as realistic, or sympathetic or heroic. Doesn't matter to me as long as they keep jamm'n.
- by Bob Koepp on May 18, 2006 at 1:25 PM | link