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'GAY' SHERLOCK HOLMES COULD BACKFIRE FOR GUY RITCHIE
NYPost ^ | 04 Aug 2009 | Staff

Posted on 08/04/2009 11:12:32 AM PDT by AreaMan

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August 4, 2009 --

GUY Ritchie's plan to put a gay spin on the relationship of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in his new movie about the detective and his sidekick could backfire.

Robert Downey Jr</strong>, who plays Holmes, has revealed the crimebuster will sleep with and have sweaty grappling scenes with Watson, played by Jude Law, in "Sherlock Holmes," due out Christmas Day.

"We're two men who happen to be roommates, wrestle a lot and share a bed. It's bad-ass," Downey told Britain's News of the World. Added much-in-the-news Law: "Guy wanted to make this about the relationship between Watson and Holmes. They're both mean and complicated."

But Michael Medved, a former Post movie critic, says Downey and Law must be joking. "There's not a seething, bubbling hunger to see straight stars impersonating homosexuals," Medved told us. "I think they're just trying to generate controversy . . . They know that making Holmes and Watson homosexual will take away two-thirds of their box office. Who is going to want to see Downey Jr. and Law make out? I don't think it would be appealing to women. Straight men don't want to see it."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Philosophy; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: gays; hollywood; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; sherlockholmes
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To: AreaMan

“Bloke Back Mounting”


41 posted on 08/04/2009 11:50:55 AM PDT by fish hawk (Lord, help us to attain knowledge and the wisdom to apply it toward your ultimate will.)
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

In med school, my table of four group was one of the few who had a female cadaver for freshman year’s gross anatomy course. I had not thought about her for quite a while but was reminded of her when you posted that pic of Ms. Ciccone.


42 posted on 08/04/2009 11:56:01 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Who ever thought we would long for the days of the Clinton administration...)
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To: fullchroma

<Jeremy Brett is the only real Sherlock.

Amen, though I do have a soft spot for Basil Rathbone.


43 posted on 08/04/2009 12:01:34 PM PDT by radiohead (Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

“I can’t quit you, Watson.”


44 posted on 08/04/2009 12:04:44 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: AreaMan
That's not what they meant by "The Gay 90s".
At least, not in the 1890s.
45 posted on 08/04/2009 12:04:47 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
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To: AreaMan

This will be a big hit with all of the Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce fans—like me and about 30 million others. Shrewd, Hollywood.


46 posted on 08/04/2009 12:20:10 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: AreaMan
this has GOT to be fake.. who in the heck is going to go see this cr#p? My daughter saw the poster and thought the actor in Ironman was cool and wanted to see him in this movie.

WTH???

47 posted on 08/04/2009 12:25:25 PM PDT by erman (Outside of a dog, a book is man's best companion. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.)
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To: allmendream

What’s with the Alexander referece? I haven’t seen it.

Thanks.


48 posted on 08/04/2009 12:28:54 PM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: RikaStrom

referece = reference

Sorry


49 posted on 08/04/2009 12:29:31 PM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: RikaStrom
What’s with the Alexander referece? I haven’t seen it.

The movie Alexander had Colin Farrel doing an almost gay scene in the movie. It FLOPPED.

50 posted on 08/04/2009 12:35:03 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Only feces and dead fish go with the flow.)
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To: RikaStrom
The movie “Alexander” with Colin Ferrell was (IMO) a good movie (directors cut). It was a HUGE FLOP at the box office because the usual ‘sword and sandals’ moviegoer is a GUY, and guys didn't want to see Alexander get romantic with his generals.

In that case it was imminently justified as Alexander was in fact (at least) bisexual.

In this case it is complete balderdash as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were friends not lovers.

But either way: gay male protagonist = box office epic fail.

51 posted on 08/04/2009 12:40:28 PM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?)
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To: allmendream; Centurion2000

Ah, thank you. I knew there was a reason I skipped it on SciF..dagnabbit...SyFy this past weekend.

I hate the new brand.

RS


52 posted on 08/04/2009 5:04:45 PM PDT by RikaStrom
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To: AreaMan

“Elementary,my dear Watson,the fruitcakes are distorting everything to fit their own perverted agenda.”


54 posted on 08/04/2009 7:12:13 PM PDT by liberalism is suicide (Communism,fascism-no matter how you slice socialism, its still baloney)
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To: Morgana
it'll go down in bigger flames than his marriage...
55 posted on 08/04/2009 7:29:16 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: AreaMan

Wasn’t Holmes a junkie? A modern Holmes with those habits, (intravenous drug use and homosexual activity), would make him a good candidate for AIDS.


56 posted on 08/05/2009 4:28:36 AM PDT by csvset
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To: La Lydia

Actually not. Everett is gay himself though and played Holmes as rather camp and like himself.


57 posted on 08/07/2009 3:15:58 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: AreaMan

The case of the purloined pedophile?


58 posted on 08/07/2009 3:17:52 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: the scotsman

I know. I am a huge fan of his. He is one of my guilty secrets. I loved him in An Ideal Husband, and Unconditional Love is one of my favorite movies.


59 posted on 08/07/2009 3:20:50 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: SeaDragon

Ping per our conversation the other day.


60 posted on 08/07/2009 3:27:37 PM PDT by RikaStrom
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