who needs porn when you've got British TV?

Jun 19, 2011 19:51

Dear people who made the Raffles TV series:

Although I don't entirely approve of your casting Christopher Strauli as Bunny, I must commend you for the scene in which we see him naked, getting a massage, in a Turkish bath. It certainly answers the question of why Raffles wants him around.

screenshots under the cut for those who would like to examine the, ahem, evidence )

fandom: raffles, television

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highfantastical June 20 2011, 02:32:21 UTC
*cackles with laughter*

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kindkit June 20 2011, 04:08:50 UTC
It was like a moderately respectable costume drama suddenly morphed into porn! *hearts*

And actually I'm getting fonder of Strauli as Bunny--he stopped the worst of the gurning and ridiculousness, and the scripts also seem to be letting him have more depth. Have you seen Raffles? There's a certain amount of laughably gratuitous and unconvincing heterosexuality, but mostly it's a slashstravaganza.

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mcicioni June 20 2011, 12:23:56 UTC
Totally. With touches of mild d/s (Bunny holding Raffles' ashtray in the Turkish baths)

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kindkit June 20 2011, 16:11:50 UTC
Even I noticed the d/s dynamic, and it's not something I especially look for. It bothered me at first, when it felt more like Raffles was treating Bunny as an unpaid servant, but since then they've had their big conversation about how really it's best for Bunny if Raffles makes all the decisions, and Raffles has grown more affectionate (have some pearls! just because I love you value your company!).

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mcicioni June 20 2011, 21:07:06 UTC
I hope you have watched "The Chest of Silver" (you have, though, haven't you, because that's where they have the big talk about what R can, or cannot, choose to reveal). I don't usually "pimp" my own stories, especially when they are as lightweight as this one, but it sort of continues this conversation . . .
http://crimeandcricket.livejournal.com/3719.html

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