What do you make of Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor who missed out this week on a National TV Award for Sherlock?
What do you make of Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor who missed out this week on a National TV Award for Sherlock?
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by Rebecca McQuillan
I like him. I like Sherlock. I don't think it's the best thing that's been on British telly since Brideshead, as some of its extreme fans do, but it's entertaining.
The problem is how gratingly rude Cumberbatch's Sherlock is. For the saddo purists – and there are plenty of us out there – this is sacrilege. Conan Doyle's Sherlock is abrupt and cutting, but minds his manners. Shoehorn him into the 21st century and he becomes arch and cheeky; Holmes was never that.
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In praise of - the best screen Sherlock.
What do you make of Benedict Cumberbatch, the actor who missed out this week on a National TV Award for Sherlock?
I like him. I like Sherlock. I don't think it's the best thing that's been on British telly since Brideshead, as some of its extreme fans do, but it's entertaining.
The problem is how gratingly rude Cumberbatch's Sherlock is. For the saddo purists – and there are plenty of us out there – this is sacrilege. Conan Doyle's Sherlock is abrupt and cutting, but minds his manners. Shoehorn him into the 21st century and he becomes arch and cheeky; Holmes was never that.
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