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sigma7 ([personal profile] sigma7) wrote2005-01-21 02:41 pm

File under "enough already"

An organization representing albinos has registered its opposition to portraying a killer in the film version of The Da Vinci Code as an albino (which is the way he is represented in the Dan Brown novel). "[Producer/director] Ron Howard and Imagine [Films Entertainment, which is producing the movie] can make a big difference for people with albinism by continuing the trend away from a hack device if they adjust the Silas character to not be an evil albino" said Mike McGowan, president of the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH). "Over the years the stereotyping and misinformation foisted on the albinism community by filmmakers who don't take the time to learn the facts about albinism does real harm to real people," he added.

*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*

I know I've got a hot steaming cup of STFU here somewhere.....

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