Albinos Protest Against Da Vinci Code
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First it was Opus Dei, then it was the Catholics. Now albinos have it in for Dan Brown’s bestseller:
As Tom Hanks’ “The Da Vinci Code� opening looms May 19, featuring an albino character as a murderous, self-flagellating monk, a Hingham-born albino moviemaker is set to screen his own film tomorrow in Boston that wryly attacks the myth of the “evil albino.�
“It’s another kind of evil or outcast depiction of a person with albinism,� said Dennis Hurley, 28, who was angered over the homicidal red-eyed character Silas depicted in the “The Da Vinci Code� best-selling novel. “There are regular people like me who happen to have this condition.�
The low-budget, nine-minute parody flick, “The Albino Code,â€? stars Hurley and pokes fun at the absurdity of a red-eyed albino assassin. Albinos are considered legally blind and don’t have red eyes. “The Da Vinci Codeâ€? is one of more than 60 films that portray albinos as “the butt of a joke, the loner or the outcast or the evil magical albino,â€? Hurley said……