Sherlock Holmes pastiches, literary and televised

[pen_and_umbra]

"I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles."

So said Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Lion's Mane. Me, I can't claim to have a good memory, but I'm most certainly both a reader and strangely retentive at times. And, as anyone could tell you, a fan of Sherlock Holmes

Comments

[lynkemma]

Er... isn't Rupert Everett a Brit? I thought he was.

*is confused and goes off to check*

[pen_and_umbra]

Y'know, you're right -- he is. I don't know why I thought he was an American. Possibly because of that atrocious film he did with Madonna and because his accent in The Silk Stocking really was very, very strange. Fixed it. :)

[lynkemma]

Don't worry, I agree his accent was strange. The only reason why I remembered is because I read somewhere he worked as a rent boy in London while waiting for his big break, which was kind of strange for an American wannabe actor to do :-)

[pen_and_umbra]

Mwah! Too true. ;) Now that I think of the accent, I think he was trying to do an old-fashioned Oxbridge accent but wound up getting stuck somewhere between Cardiff and Brighton...

[lynkemma]

LOL! Perfect way to describe it :-)

I saw that show... I actually enjoyed the parodic fog and gothic-ness, but I agree with all your other comments. Especially the "psychological" stuff. I mean, ugh.