How do you say "The game's afoot, Watson" in contemporary language?
This Sunday night PBS will premier "Sherlock," a contemporary version of Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson, on Masterpiece Mystery.
The 21st Century version of the detective doesn't smoke a pipe. Instead, he stimulates his thought processes through the use of multiple nicotine patches. Played as "a slightly autistic sociopath-" which seems to me an accurate, if somewhat harsh, characterization of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's detective- this new-fangled version of a cultural icon should be fascinating.
I, for one, plan to tune in.
ADDENDUM: Two things: first, the show will premiere, not on the Sunday following this post, but on October 24.
Secondly, it seems that the answer to the question which forms the title of this post is, "The game's on."
The 21st Century version of the detective doesn't smoke a pipe. Instead, he stimulates his thought processes through the use of multiple nicotine patches. Played as "a slightly autistic sociopath-" which seems to me an accurate, if somewhat harsh, characterization of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle's detective- this new-fangled version of a cultural icon should be fascinating.
I, for one, plan to tune in.
ADDENDUM: Two things: first, the show will premiere, not on the Sunday following this post, but on October 24.
Secondly, it seems that the answer to the question which forms the title of this post is, "The game's on."
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