Comments on: What is the Proper Christian Response to The DaVinci Code Movie by Stacy L. Harp http://blogforbooks.com/archives/2006/04/25/the-christian-divide-on-seeing-the-davinci-code-movie-by-stacy-l-harp/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:09:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Canonist » Blog Archive » The Grassroots Catholic Effort To Diminish The Da Vinci Code http://blogforbooks.com/archives/2006/04/25/the-christian-divide-on-seeing-the-davinci-code-movie-by-stacy-l-harp/comment-page-1/#comment-11197 Canonist » Blog Archive » The Grassroots Catholic Effort To Diminish The Da Vinci Code Thu, 04 May 2006 21:10:19 +0000 http://blogforbooks.com/archives/2006/04/25/the-christian-divide-on-seeing-the-davinci-code-movie-by-stacy-l-harp/#comment-11197 [...] But not with protest! As Daniel Radosh noted earlier this week, there’s a nascent movement to attack The Da Vinci Code not in its message or pocketbook, but in its Monday-morning box-office numbers. Taking a page out of the Evangelical playbook that has found it more effective to promote items you like than to protest those you don’t, some Catholics are pushing for mass-attendance at the only film opening opposite The Da Vinci Code, the family-friendly cartoon Over the Hedge. Thus far, the effort is only suggested or cited in a relative few outlets [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (yes, that’s not very few — but fewer than the hundreds you’d expect if the effort were really taking off)], though some of those outlets are fairly mainstream. It’s an interesting approach and one that, if it had more momentum behind it than it seems to, could have a serious effect, as it ties into the particulars of Hollywood economics. Of course, it seems impossible at all to stop the juggernaut that is The Da Vinci Code: those 40 million book-buyers aren’t going to Over the Hedge. Radosh writes: It’s a slightly more sophisticated approach (and the low-key grassroots element means that nobody outside the church will notice when it fizzles), as is the slew of books aimed at refuting the evidence of the DVC (expressing your ideas is always better than shutting out other people’s), but, frankly, the most sophisticated thing Christians could do is to be more secure in their faith and not get into a panic about a stupid summer movie. [...] [...] But not with protest! As Daniel Radosh noted earlier this week, there’s a nascent movement to attack The Da Vinci Code not in its message or pocketbook, but in its Monday-morning box-office numbers. Taking a page out of the Evangelical playbook that has found it more effective to promote items you like than to protest those you don’t, some Catholics are pushing for mass-attendance at the only film opening opposite The Da Vinci Code, the family-friendly cartoon Over the Hedge. Thus far, the effort is only suggested or cited in a relative few outlets [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (yes, that’s not very few — but fewer than the hundreds you’d expect if the effort were really taking off)], though some of those outlets are fairly mainstream. It’s an interesting approach and one that, if it had more momentum behind it than it seems to, could have a serious effect, as it ties into the particulars of Hollywood economics. Of course, it seems impossible at all to stop the juggernaut that is The Da Vinci Code: those 40 million book-buyers aren’t going to Over the Hedge. Radosh writes: It’s a slightly more sophisticated approach (and the low-key grassroots element means that nobody outside the church will notice when it fizzles), as is the slew of books aimed at refuting the evidence of the DVC (expressing your ideas is always better than shutting out other people’s), but, frankly, the most sophisticated thing Christians could do is to be more secure in their faith and not get into a panic about a stupid summer movie. [...]

]]> By: The Rogue Angel http://blogforbooks.com/archives/2006/04/25/the-christian-divide-on-seeing-the-davinci-code-movie-by-stacy-l-harp/comment-page-1/#comment-10979 The Rogue Angel Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:02:42 +0000 http://blogforbooks.com/archives/2006/04/25/the-christian-divide-on-seeing-the-davinci-code-movie-by-stacy-l-harp/#comment-10979 <strong>Da Vinci Code Evangelism</strong> Just got this in email and wanted to pass it on ... The world is ecstatic with excitement about a book and movie that attempts to discredit the New Testament, and (unbelievably) Hollywood has had the audacity to use, "Use... Da Vinci Code Evangelism

Just got this in email and wanted to pass it on … The world is ecstatic with excitement about a book and movie that attempts to discredit the New Testament, and (unbelievably) Hollywood has had the audacity to use, “Use…

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