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February 28, 2012

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America needs to stop being racist and sexist, pay more attention to women and PoC ok

CBS:

Hey guys guess what we decided Watson should be played by a Taiwanese, female actress in our version of Sherlock Holmes

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NOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THAT HOW DARE YOU I AM BOYCOTTING YOUR SHOW I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS IS THE WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED

Just to say, while I'm not happy about the decision I do think Lucy is going to be an awesome Watson :

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It's the reasons for doing it that bug me. I think it wasn't that they wanted to have a bad ass female Watson in this show but because they didn't want people to think that Holmes and Watson are gay

I LOVE that we might get a bad ass female Watson on this show and I hope that they're going to write the character well as we need more good POC characters on TV <3

I hate that the reason that we're getting a female Watson is that people are homophobic assholes :

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My response to the above:

I'm pretty sure it's not because they're afraid of Holmes and Watson being seen as gay (where did that even come from o.o?) It's probably because the majority of people are heterosexual and would want to see a heterosexual couple in a TV show. It's just marketing, appealing to a wider audience to get more viewers. Common business sense, not homophobia... especially considering Holmes and Watson aren't even gay to begin with. Obviously they're going to end up pairing Holmes and the fem!Watson up, and they're going to do that so they can appeal to the majority of viewers, not to mention straight females who will likely do the whole "I'm going to put myself in the shoes of Fem!Watson while watching this show!" thing.

I could be wrong but I don't really see how that can be seen as homophobia =/

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My response to this entire situation.

I have to agree, it's not an issue of homophobia. Why on earth would that be the issue? In the original novels and short stories, Sherlock and Watson are not involved in any type of relationship. If CBS is basing this entirely off the books, bringing a female in to play Watson is inherently incorrect. The reason I have a problem with CBS's Sherlock is that it is not. at. all. like the novels should be. They are brining it over to the US, having them be American (not British) and bringing in a female Watson. They are basically just paying to use the name "Sherlock" to bring in the audience. The issues should be that they are not adhering thus far to the original works, which is why people should be bothered. Not because it's "homophobic"

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