What’s with remaking stories and making key characters women?
I heard this also happened in the CBS series “Elementary”, which is a Sherlock Holmes inspired series. In that series, Dr. Watson is a woman.
I have not seen that show, however, it just makes me wonder, why the need to take established storylines, and put a woman in what was a man’s role? Is it because of women’s lib, or exactly why the need to do this?
If it was an excuse to cast Lucy Liu (and I suspect it was) then it was a good decision.
It’s not a great show but it is entertaining. And I never get tired of watching her.
Because the Hollywood types think that it is their jobs to drive social norms in spite of commons sense or originality.
“What’s with remaking stories and making key characters women?”
They have change the race from white to black as well. Example “Annie.”
CBS's took the Sherlock Holmes story and placed it in modern day NYC, as opposed to Victorian London. It's the same quirky Holmes. But Dr. Watson is now a woman, Lucy Liu. I was skeptical at first, but it absolutely works for me.
Disclaimer: I always thought Lucy Liu was kinda hot, so I guess that affects my review here.
Elementary works pretty well. She started out as his sober companion and went from there.
I actually like Lucy Liu in that role. The show does certainly have its leftist SJW talking points on occasion, but overall it's clever.
“Elementary” is very good, it’s in its fourth or fifth season. What bumped me about it initially is, Lucy Liu was cast as the female (de-frocked) Dr Joan Watson. The casting in the show is spot on. The mysteries are all new. Some episodes are way better than others (I’ve seen ‘em all). The CBS website streams the most recent five episodes of all their current shows (”The Big Bang Theory” for another example).
In brief, Sherlock is a recovering heroin addict, in NYC, works as a consultant with the NYPD, is very eccentric in his interests, basically a very entertaining show, Lucy Liu notwithstanding. I think she’s put pressure on to be a bit too much more than Holmes’ protege, and I find that PC and annoying.