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Clearly, there’s something about the figure of Sherlock, that all-in-his-head, lives-only-for-work detective, coupled with the efforts of his bumbling, well-intentioned pal Watson, that has resonated across decades and cultures and now, we see, translates across genders as well. Here, we have Sherlock Holmes transposed to modern-day Tokyo, and both leads are played by women. The most daring addition to the pastiche line-up-of which I’ve only mentioned a few titles to give a sense of the variety and provenance of the several dozens that have been created-is Miss Sherlock from HBO Asia, now streaming on HBO in the US.
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There’s also CBS’s Elementary, set in New York City, with Jonny Lee Miller playing Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Watson, a 1970s Soviet adaption starring Vasily Lisanov to a Japanese-Italian co-production, Sherlock Hound, featuring a canine detective. Screen adaptions of Sherlock Holmes are legion: all the way from Sherlock Holmes Baffled, a 30-second Mutoscope short from 1900 to The Adventures of Sherlock Homes and Dr. Forget Benedict Cumberbatch or Robert Downey, Jr.