Re Anthony's comments below:
> I realize there are those who don't agree, but I
see
> Holmes as being
> hardboiled. Holmes is what a Victorian
England
> hardboiled would be ...
> to each character their culture, their time,
and
> their place ...
I'll certainly allow that Homes (and, for that matter, war
vet Watson) are tough and capable. But they're not hardboiled
for one simple reason. Attitude.
To be hardboiled, one must be both tough AND colloquial. One
approaches things with a certain
"common man/blue collar" ethos. Holmes and Watson, both of
them staid Victorian gentlemen, simply don't fit.
In other words, though they can walk the walk, they can't
talk the talk, and in the HB tradition, language and style,
talking the talk, is almost as important as actual
toughness.
JIM DOHERTY
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