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Resa Haile is the co-editor of the anthology, Villains, Victims, and Violets: Agency and Feminism in the Original Sherlock Holmes Canon. She is also the author of several essays, including “Wynonna Earp, Supergirl and the Power of Choosing” (Fourth Wave Feminism on SciFi Fantasy TV); an examination of an unreliable confession that may unfairly malign Sarah Cushing in the Sherlock Holmes story, “The Cardboard Box” (About Sixty: Why Every Sherlock Holmes Story Is the Best); and a defense of Violet Hunter, the heroine of "The Copper Beeches" (The Baker Street Journal). Resa has also been published in NonBinary Review and The Proceedings of the Pondicherry Lodge, as well as the anthologies Sherlock Holmes Is Like and Sherlock Holmes Is Everywhere. She is putting the finishing touches on a comedy mystery novel set in a world somewhat like ours. She can draw with her right or her left hand and once won Sumiko Saulson’s Horror Haiku contest. Resa co-founded two Sherlockian societies, the Original Tree Worshippers of Rock County and the Studious Scarlets Society and is working on projects fictional and poetic.
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2012/04/05

Pro-Liu: Lucy Liu as Dr. Watson


My Facebook page supporting Lucy Liu being cast as Dr. Watson is up to 21 Likes. It has lots of links to other blogs with articles about race, gender, and, of course, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Lucy Liu.http://www.facebook.com/ProLiuLucyLiuAsDrWatson



Here are some links to interesting blog posts
 (sometimes the comments section is really interesting too) 
on the subject of Lucy Liu as Watson:
























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  1. ArunNovember 22, 2012 at 11:30 AM

    I too love Elementary and Lucy's performance as Watson.

    Great to know that there are people out there, who can look beyond BBC Sherlock and enjoy different flavors of Sherlock Holmes adaptations :)

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    1. Hunting Violets (Resa Haile)November 22, 2012 at 3:59 PM

      Yes, and I don't see what all the fuss is about; I've heard all the arguments, but they don't seem very logical to me. All these different versions have always existed at the same time. Clive Brook was Holmes in 1929 and 1933. Arthur Wontner didn't wait for him to be done with the role; he played Holmes from 1931-1935. No one waited for Wontner to be done; Raymond Massey, Robert Rendel, Martin Frick, and Reginald Owen all played Holmes during that period. It has been the same with pastiches; no pastiche writer has ever waited for another to be "done" before writing his or her own vision of Holmes. No one should.

      (Gets off soapbox, only tripping slightly.)

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    2. ArunNovember 22, 2012 at 6:13 PM

      The late Arthur Wontner probably has the most resemblance to Sidney Paget's drawings. I love how Wontner conveyed Holmes's subtle sense of sarcastic humor in his performance.

      I think all the fuss raised by the BBC Sherlock fandom is because they are unaware of the fact that Sherlock Holmes is a character in the public domain. The way they reacted to Elementary was both pathetic and amusing!

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  2. Hunting Violets (Resa Haile)November 22, 2012 at 4:06 PM

    Source for dates relating to actors playing Holmes:

    http://lovecraftismissing.com/?p=3598

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