Gay sherlock holmes

In most of these essays, I experiment to keep a pretense of critical distance. That is, I point out whatever loose sally of thought the movie in scrutinize inspires and then proceed from there, without venturing much comment on the quality of the movie itself. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, however, must stand as an exception to this rule, for the simple reason that I treasure it too much. I’ve often said that it’s neck-and-neck between this show and Murder by Decree as to which film is the better Sherlock Holmes story. Authenticity be told, my opinion varies based on which show I saw most recently. But after this, my fourth or so viewing of the Wilder film, I ponder the answer’s beautiful clear-cut.

There’s several reasons I give event of place to Private Life. The most obvious is Robert Stephens’ meaning of Holmes. I’m a die-hard Jeremy Brett fan, but Stephens runs a close second—with reason. The two men both capture a mercurial quality in Holmes, a tendency to bouts of manic energy followed by long periods of depression, which rarely comes out in more traditional interpretations (witness Peter Cushing’s collected, professional Holmes, or Basil Rathbone’s icy detective). A

OH GOD, without argument whatsoever, the Russian Holmes films. Mofftiss stole SO MUCH from this series.

The last two episodes are kind of sad, since Holmes retires to Sussex alone, and the last AGRA treasure episode is awful because Vatson marries Mary and they kiss and Holmes basically is resigned to being alone forever.

Here’s just some of what it contains:

Home decorating and Vatson putting up giant horns on his wall.
Vatson mourns HORRIBLY for Holmes when Holmes dies. Like it’s AWFUL.
No seriously, Vatson WEARS A MOURNING BAND ON HIS ARM FOR A YEAR (I believe).
LOTS of touches and love between each other. A LOT.
The very flamboyant Sir Genry (it’s actually Henry, but I consider the subtitles fucked up the specify so it’s now a running joke).
Vatson being adorable as fuck.
Moriarty isSCARY AS FUCK.
Vatson drawing a picture of Holmes in his notebook.
Vatson and Holmes being the worst catburglars ever. Favor COMICALLY horrible.
Jealous Lestraight.
Wolfman.
Country music.
Circus music.
Awkward musical queues in really random places.
Seriously, they’ll just be standing and talking and there’s just this ridiculous chase harmony playing.
Vatson get

hey pal don’t say bye you just boarded the Discourse Educate and u got a drawn-out way to go before your stop
could you specify what you mean by ‘canon’? do you denote the ACD books? may i remind you that homosexuality was in fact illegal at the time those books were written, and oscar wilde’s ‘the picture of dorian gray’ was used against him in his 1895 trial for ‘gross indecency’. so arthur conan doyle could hardly write “sherlock holmes had a hawk like nose and he was also a raging homosexual”- especially considering the structure of the books. they’re from watson’s POV, telling the public about holmes- he wouldn’t expose holmes as a lesbian would he?
that being said, despite the risk of writing a queer character in those times, there is a plethora of subtext suggesting holmes is gay- i haven’t got time to list every instance but this sums it up quite nicely.
so it’s quite clear holmes is attracted to men in the books, what about women? well the only woman we could possibly suggest he was ‘attracted’ to was irene adler. except he
It is the age aged question…Is he gay or European? In the case of beloved fictional nature Sherlock Holmes the retort right now might just be – wait for it – both! Rumors are swirling that in two upcoming high-profile Sherlock Holmes adaptations the much discussed, often questioned sexuality of the British detective will be addressed.
The rumors surrounding one project save getting louder and louder as the release meeting approaches. The producers of the upcoming “Sherlock Holmes 3” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Statute will reportedly confirm that Holmes and Watson are gay. Downey Jr., in fact, has fed the rumor mill for years, with sound bites enjoy this one about the relationship between Holmes and Watson,
“{they are} two men who happen to be roommates, wrestle a lot and share a bed…Guy {Ritchie} wanted to produce this about the association between Watson and Holmes. They’re both mean and complicated.”
in 2009, Downey Jr. and David Letterman had a very frank conversation where Letterman alluded to the fact stating, “Now, from what I recall, there was always the suggestion that there was a different level of