Did Benedict Cumberbatch jt out Sherlock as gay? | PkNews

Contents:

• BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS GAY
• SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY
• IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?
• DID BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH JT OUT SHERLOCK AS GAY?
• IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?
• WERE SHERLOCK HOLM AND DR WATSON GAY? LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGAL TEXT

BBC DRAMA HTS SHERLOCK HOLM IS 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”. 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. It is the age old qutn…Is he gay or European? And Ju Law will reportedly nfirm that Holm and Watson are gay.

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

SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY

Is Sherlock gay? As for what you n expect om the plot, would appear that the producers plan to outright nfirm that Holm and Watson are gay the threequel. Of urse, the pair’s unique bromance has always been one of the highlights of every adaptatn of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works, but seems that the stud wish to take this one step further and nfirm that they are, fact, homosexual.

A sequel to Christmas h Sherlock Holm may be blocked by thor Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tate after Robert Downey Jr., the star of the film, suggted the inic tective might be gay (watch Downey Jr talk about Holm' gay subtext on Letterman). "I am not hostile to homosexuals, " she said, "but I am to anyone who is not te to the spir of the books.

" Are we really likely to see a gay Sherlock Holm? Downey's ment was a "lgh at the expense of prient attus to gay sex, " and not a "ser" suggtn. To do so would be agast the vtigative spir of the books—"not jt homophobic, but Holmophobic.

IS SHERLOCK HOLM GAY?

"But Holm shouldn't be gay: There's nothg wrong wh Downey's playg the "gusg game, " says Elisabeth Rappe at Cematil. "Holm isn't gay—but he is sexualized: The first film don't really suggt Holm is gay, says Vlet Blue the San Francis Chronicle.

" But there's no actual "gay ntent"—and there isn't likely to be any the sequel, eher.

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.

DID BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH JT OUT SHERLOCK AS GAY?

"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.

IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?

In S01E03, when he meets Sherlock, Sherlock duc him as gay.

So, is Jim really gay?

Was Sherlock Holm gay? Telegraph – Robert Downey Jr hts Sherlock Holm was gay. Pk News – BBC drama hts Sherlock Holm is gay.

WERE SHERLOCK HOLM AND DR WATSON GAY? LET'S GO BACK TO THE ORIGAL TEXT

Homoerotic subtext film and media has existed for generatns, harkg back to a time when homosexualy or bisexualy had to be hted at orr to get past the censors. Beg gay was illegal (and many plac still is) so the reprentatn of gay romance had to d and subtle – the hts, the heated looks.

Now we fally have the opportuny to watch explicly gay-centred TV shows and films.

As a property, Sherlock wh a lot of baggage regardg homoerotic subtext. Amics have been batg for s over whether Holm was gay, and whether he and Watson were dog more than jt solvg s together.