Moran asked
Moriarty, "Would you really turn someone into shoes if they didn't deliver
on a promise?" Moriarty replied, "Of course I would. How do you think
I got this snazzy [BLANK]?"
I am just a little afraid that quotes from non-Canonical sources will become the norm and will soon be included in the perceived Canonical lore.
Not that I don't like the new stuff and have fun with much of it. But when stuff like this is used, are they really Sherlock Holmes conventions or are they 'Sherlock' conventions?
Oh! And don't get me started on the 'artists' they have attending.
Oh! And don't get me started on the 'artists' they have attending.
Any thoughts?
A well-known Sherlockian blogger recently opined that the transcripts of the BBC Sherlock series felt to him like "the New Testament of Sherlock Holmes". I've felt for some time that we new a term for those to whom BBC Sherlock is their north star. I refer to them as Sherlockites (as apposed to Sherlockians). There is nothing wrong with being a huge fan of a TV show and having little interest in the source material. I doubt the majority of the fans of the TV show M*A*S*H knew anything about Richard Hooker's source novel or the sequels to it that he wrote. I remember reading an online article about the Baker Street Babes-sponsored ball at the last BSI weekend where the author had a scene of attendees throwing out quotes exclusively from "Sherlock". Of course, the tent should be big enough for all, but being a Sherlockian should be about the Canon as written by Doyle; an honoring of Doyle, his life and works; and the subsidiary media that results from the Canon (in that order). If your main interest is in Cumberbatch and Freeman, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, their lives and works; and, oh yeah, those books that contain the Easter eggs that "Mofftiss" put in the scripts, then perhaps you should built your own tent. In fact, the Sherlockites have done it, created their own vibrant community in which many Sherlockians participate.They have their own body of pastiche (fanfic) and serious scholarship that has very little to do with the Sherlock Holmes created by Doyle except the coincidence of the name.
ReplyDeleteAt the moment the path from 'Sherlock' is taking a direction I don't enjoy.
DeleteThat doesn't mean others don't.
To each there own, but give me Doyle.
Thanks for stopping by.
By the way, I'm happy that your visa to Peoria has been renewed. I thought the same thing.
ReplyDeleteIt's gotten to the point of beating the same dead horse with out any redeeming value.
DeleteThanks for stopping by.