'Sherlock' shownners bunk gay mors new terview - The Daily Dot

Contents:

• 'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!
• BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY
• DID BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH JT OUT SHERLOCK AS GAY?
• IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?
• STEVEN MOFFAT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT ‘SHERLOCK’ IS DEFELY NOT GAY
• ‘SHERLOCK’ SHOWNNERS BUNK GAY MORS NEW TERVIEW
• STEVEN MOFFAT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT ‘SHERLOCK’ IS DEFELY NOT GAY
• IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?

'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!

A few months ago, the mors started aga: Did Benedict Cumberbatch jt out Sherlock as gay?!

But some thought that Cumberbatch was htg that Sherlock is gay, a misnceptn that's the foc of plenty of onle fanfictn, and that the show ocsnally self plays wh.

BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY

But everyone wants to believe he's gay. He's not gay.

Guy Rchie’s recent film versn, starrg Robert Downey Jr, was noted for s homoerotic tensn and the actor suggted that Holm uld be a “butch homosexual”.

DID BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH JT OUT SHERLOCK AS GAY?

The pair also have a meal London’s gay district Soho, where the rtrant owner says: “Sherlock, you n have anythg on the menu for you and your date. If Sherlock is gay, and who knows if he is, then I don’t thk he fanci John. Although ’s never been nfirmed by the BBC if Cumberbatch’s Holm is supposed to be gay – the chemistry between him and Watson (played by Mart Freeman) has left ltle to the imagatn over the years.

Watson -- wh other characters nstantly assumg they were a uple -- and the homoerotic unrton their relatnship were so strong they spawned an entire Sherlock end 2017, fans hopg might fally make good on years of subtext were disappoted, and Freeman revealed a recent terview that he's aware the show let them down.

"So by the time we filmed the last on, there were some fans who were so adamant that John and Sherlock were gay, " Freeman told Brish Rad 4. The trouble is as soon as you start gettg to a dialogue about that, sounds like you're somehow beg homophobic. In S01E03, when he meets Sherlock, Sherlock duc him as gay.

IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?

So, is Jim really gay? A lot of people thk Irene sayg "I'm gay" means she is lbian.

I thk she ed "gay" to mean "not straight"; not exactly lbian.

STEVEN MOFFAT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT ‘SHERLOCK’ IS DEFELY NOT GAY

Could Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holm actually be…gay?

But everyone wants to believe he’s gay. He’s not gay. So he’s not gay or straight.

It is the age old qutn…Is he gay or European?

‘SHERLOCK’ SHOWNNERS BUNK GAY MORS NEW TERVIEW

And Ju Law will reportedly nfirm that Holm and Watson are gay. Is Sherlock gay?

STEVEN MOFFAT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT ‘SHERLOCK’ IS DEFELY NOT GAY

The amount of this dg is so huge and so standardized relatn to storytellg that s tentnaly should be evint (there are of urse this day and age plenty of people that would ny anythg gay).

This seemed pecially probable sce 1) the creators favore Holm adaptatn is The Private Life of Sherlock Holm, which Holm is wrten as gay, explicly enough and the director nfirmed , 2) one of the two wrers is gay 3) Holm and Watson beg a romantic uple is one diffed theory, fact Doyle's book seem to tentnally nta nuendo 4) one of the thors had already wrten two mor married lbian characters Doctor Who sayg that Holm and Watson's stori were spired to them.

So you n unrstand why a great number of queer people supported and got heavily emotnally vted for up to 7 years this show wh the almost certaty that the leads would be one of the first gay upl to lead a very famo mastream show, that wasn't about gay people specifilly, that had another genre, which gay people weren't portrayed as villa, murred or hidn, or all sorts of negative LBGT trop. To anticipate this season there was a lot of promotnal material went this directn: an "I love you" and rabow lors the trailer, the actors said "love nquers all" " will make TV history" "It will be groundbreakg", the wrers lled "sane wish fulfillment", havg explicly gay Sherlock and John fanarts shown terviews, BBC Iplayer marketg on twter "Sherlock’s back & he’s love. This season, that was set to work as a last season acrdg to both the terviews and how actually end (of urse they rerved that they might do another if they want) end whout the leads gettg together, moreover the last episo sudnly the leads were barely speakg to each other, lookg at each other or sharg the ame together, which seemed a huge NO-HOMO pared to the hug they had shared the episo before, as if, once that the show was over, there was no reason to keep queer people believg anymore.

IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?

Sherlock and Irene are intified as gay the dialogue (Sherlock says twice that women aren't his area, yet jt "no" to not havg a boyiend, Irene repli "well I am" to "I'm not gay"), yet s4 Watson sudnly enurag Sherlock to have sex wh Irene. Them beg discsed sexual terms relatn to each other whout anybody potg out that they are gay almost pass the msage of nvertg gay people.

Sherlock, a gay character, is forced to say to say "I love you" to a woman “like he means ”, which pass the msage of nvertg gay people as well.

This was very hurtful for queer people watchg the show, pecially bee the show seemed at first exceedgly gay iendly to the pot of beg groundbreakg queer reprentatn. Pl this rolutn nfirmed all the homophobic and heteronormative opns of the members of the dience.