Feb 11, 2012
When a fictional character's impact overflows to reality to
affect what people are talking about, where they go and how they
act, it's quite an accomplishment. When it happens in a nearly
identical, if time-appropriate manner nearly 120 years apart, it
must have something to to with Sherlock Holmes.
As this podcast is all about Sherlock Holmes, you can rest assured
that is indeed the case. But what of it? This updated and renewed
interest in our beloved master is curious, but in the end, quite
elementary. Much of the chatter and buzz seen on the Internet in
particular, has been generated by the Robert Downey, Jr. outings in
two films, and more recently by Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal in
two seasons of the BBC television show "Sherlock."
In this episode, we welcome the ladies from another Sherlock
Holmes-related podcast, the Baker Street Babes, namely
Kristina, Ardy and Marie, to discuss the machinations behind the
movement that has taken hold across the world called
"Believe in Sherlock." With the
conclusion (in the U.K.) of the BBC's second season of the show
with an episode titled "The Reichenbach Fall," you can probably
imagine what the outcome was. We won't spoil it by giving away the
details, but suffice it to say that there were some upset fans at
the conclusion - so upset, in fact, that they took to the streets
and the web alike, demonstrating their love of the character and
their wish to see his good name cleared.
We discuss the beginnings of this newfound and fervent interest in
Holmes, as generated through the Mark Gatiss and Steven
Moffat-created series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin
Freeman and get the perspective from Londoners who were not only
there to witness the activities of this movement, but who
contributed to and even instigated some of them. We'll conclude
with a reading of the latest Editor's Gas-Lamp from the Winter 2011
(Vol. 61, No. 4) of the Baker Street Journal.