Da Vinci Code As Comparative Event

There's a semi-interesting idea in this editorial that the Tom Hanks-starring evil albino goof-fest The Da Vinci Code -- particularly its assertion that Jesus Christ like a 1950s pop idol had a domestic life hidden from his fanbase by various handlers -- could have the same effect in Christian communities that the Danish Cartoons Controversy had in muslim communities. The two problems are that a) there was an agitating element that sparked the riots earlier this year that's hard to imagine will repeat itself, and 2) as much as one may continue to hope, there is as yet no edict of even the conveniently applied kind by the Christian church against Ron Howard movies. One imagines there could be some Culture War juice to be squeezed by some politico in pointing out the Christian communities don't riot, and that may be what's happening here.
 
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