Rants & Raves of Jasmine’s Fiction

So dark the con of man!

Yes we are back here as the movie runs in all theatres near you.  As critics scream for (royal?) blood (sang real anyone?) and the crucifixions of the director, script writer and producers, other parties are also lobbying hard to ban the movie yet once more.  Who can blame them?  The original book by Dan Brown was hardly historically, geographically and theologically accurate but it was still a marvellously written piece of fiction.  The movie however was a sad, sad, sad attempt at recreating the excitement of the book.

So, among the many voices shouting for a better-late-than-never ban,  I heard a voice jumping into the fray to add its pathetic 2 cents worth.  No thanks to my lame scanner, the article is illegible but no fear for I shall not deprive you all to reading about how utterly STUPID some people are…  I damn near pissed my pants cracking up!  All brickbats and comments are welcomed!

Linguists call for ‘Da Vinci Code’ ban

The Malaysian Linguistic Association (MALAS) has echoed calls by other parties to ban the controversial movie The Da Vinci Code.

The film is an adaptation of a best-selling novel that deals with some aspects of the Christian faith.  But the objections by MALAS has nothing to do with theology because, “we don’t even know who Theo is”, says its president Ambi Mohan.

The association’s chief objection is, instead, linguistic.

“For too long we have sat by and allowed language to be polluted but we have decided that enough’s enough.  The Da Vinci Code should be banned because we don’t want to to encourage youngsters to use ‘da’ as a lazy shorthand for ‘the’.

“We see this in rap lyrics,” he claims.

“All this talk about ‘hanging out with da hoes’.  You should be hanging out with THE hoes.  This sort begs the question of why someone would want to ‘hang out’ with gardening implements to begin with, but I am not here to question lifestyle choices, merely spelling, grammar and semantics.”

He said the association might reconsider its protests if the filmmakers changed its name to The The Vinci Code.

“But even this is problematic because having two “thes’ in a row look ugly.  So the film should be called The Vinci Code.”

The film’s producers could not be reached for comment.

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