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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.80,0:00:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than a century after first emerging
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.47,0:00:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the fog-bound,\Ngas-lit streets of Victorian London,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.50,0:00:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sherlock Holmes \Nis universally recognizable.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.23,0:00:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even his wardrobe and accessories\Nare iconic:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.48,0:00:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Inverness cape,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.100,0:00:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deerstalker hat,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.44,0:00:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and calabash pipe,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.25,0:00:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and figures such as his best friend\Nand housemate Doctor Watson,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.72,0:00:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arch-nemesis Moriarty,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.78,0:00:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and housekeeper Mrs. Hudson
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.97,0:00:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have become part of the popular\Nconsciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.16,0:00:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as have his extraordinary,\Ninfallible powers of deduction
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.86,0:00:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,utilized in the name of the law,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.96,0:00:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his notorious drug use,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.66,0:00:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his popular catchphrase,\N"Elementary, my dear Watson."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.23,0:00:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet many of these most recognizable\Nfeatures of Holmes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.42,0:00:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't appear in Arthur Conan Doyle's\Noriginal stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.16,0:01:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doyle's great detective solves\Ncrimes in all sorts of ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.50,0:01:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just using deduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.24,0:01:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He speculates, and at times even guesses,\Nand regularly makes false assumptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.16,0:01:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Furthermore, Mrs. Hudson \Nis barely mentioned,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.90,0:01:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one says, "Elementary, my dear Watson,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.82,0:01:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the detective and his sidekick\Nlive apart for much of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.21,0:01:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moriarty, the grand villain, \Nonly appears in two stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.71,0:01:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the detective's drug use is infrequent\Nafter the first two novels,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.51,0:01:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Holmes is rarely enthralled\Nto the English legal system;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.31,0:01:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He much prefers enacting his own form\Nof natural justice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.94,0:01:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sticking to the letter of the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.26,0:01:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, many of the most iconic elements\Nof the Holmesian legend
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.61,0:01:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't Doyle's either.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.44,0:01:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The deerstalker cap and cape\Nwere first imagined by Sidney Paget,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.50,0:01:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story's initial illustrator.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.04,0:01:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the curved pipe was chosen by\NAmerican actor William Gillette
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.20,0:01:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that audiences could more clearly see\Nhis face on stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.09,0:01:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the phrase, \N"Elementary, my dear Watson,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.60,0:02:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was coined by author and humorist\NP.G. Wodehouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.72,0:02:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So who exactly is Sherlock Holmes?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.49,0:02:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's the real great detective,\Nand where do we find him?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.77,0:02:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Purists might answer \Nthat the original Sherlock
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.36,0:02:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's \Nuniversity mentor Dr. Joseph Bell
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.59,0:02:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the real one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.01,0:02:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fact remains that that version\Nof Sherlock has been largely eclipsed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.77,0:02:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the sheer volume of interpretation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.48,0:02:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving Doyle's detective \Nlargely unrecognizable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.05,0:02:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's another, more complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.96,0:02:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but perhaps more satisfying\Nanswer to the question,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.17,0:02:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to get there, we must first consider\Nthe vast body of interpretations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.35,0:02:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the great detective.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.16,0:02:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since Conan Doyle's first story in 1887,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.54,0:02:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there have been thousands \Nof adaptations of Holmes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.82,0:02:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making him perhaps the most adapted\Nfictional character in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.94,0:02:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That process began with Victorian\Nstage adaptations,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.32,0:02:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accelerated \Nwith the emergence of film.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.08,0:03:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were more than 100 film adaptations\Nof Holmes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.30,0:03:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the first two decades \Nof the 20th century alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.78,0:03:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since then, there have many thousands\Nmore in print,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.10,0:03:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on film,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.19,0:03:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,television,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.06,0:03:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.84,0:03:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and radio.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.100,0:03:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holmes has been reinterpreted\Nby people everywhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.73,0:03:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in remarkably different,\Nand often contradictory ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.20,0:03:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These adaptations demonstrate\Nboth Holmes's popularity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.59,0:03:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his malleability.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.75,0:03:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, he featured in a number\Nof allied anti-Nazi propaganda films
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.57,0:03:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during World War II.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.31,0:03:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And both Winston Churchill\Nand Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.07,0:03:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were avid enthusiasts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.13,0:03:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the latter even joining \Nthe Baker Street Irregulars,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.59,0:03:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Holmesian appreciation society,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.100,0:03:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nicknaming one secret service\Nhideout Baker Street.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.57,0:03:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, at the very same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.40,0:03:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holmes also appeared in various\NGerman-language film adaptations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.40,0:03:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of which were said to have been\Nmuch-loved favorites of Adolf Hitler.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.38,0:03:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's return to our question.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.06,0:03:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would the real Sherlock Holmes\Nplease stand up?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.18,0:04:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is that this world of adaptation\Nhas made him into a palimpsest.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.91,0:04:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sherlock is a cultural text,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.00,0:04:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repeatedly altered over time as each new\Ninterpretation becomes superimposed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.38,0:04:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over those that proceed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.60,0:04:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that Sherlock \Ncontinually evolves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.37,0:04:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embodying ideas and values \Noften far removed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.32,0:04:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from those found in Conan Doyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.52,0:04:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after each particular story ends,\NSherlock rises again,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.93,0:04:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little changed, perhaps,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.76,0:04:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a new face and fresh mannerisms\Nor turns of phrase,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.63,0:04:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but still essentially Sherlock,\Nour Sherlock.