sherlockwatch
Aug. 2nd, 2010 01:01 pmi: this was the first I saw
ii: hmmm the classic Conan Doyle "secret society from another culture" is quite hard to handle in a non-ugh way in the 21st century, isn't it (@MadamMiaow was justifiably grumbly about untweaked Orientalist "crichés" on twitter)
iii: NO TO THE BANKSY GAG -- use other hipster graffiti artists please
iv: best stuff is SH's relationship with actual normal humans and institutions, what he's aware of about himself and what he isn't...
v: isn't the Lucky Cat a Japanese thing, rather than Chinese?
vi: but quite good fun all the same
ii: hmmm the classic Conan Doyle "secret society from another culture" is quite hard to handle in a non-ugh way in the 21st century, isn't it (@MadamMiaow was justifiably grumbly about untweaked Orientalist "crichés" on twitter)
iii: NO TO THE BANKSY GAG -- use other hipster graffiti artists please
iv: best stuff is SH's relationship with actual normal humans and institutions, what he's aware of about himself and what he isn't...
v: isn't the Lucky Cat a Japanese thing, rather than Chinese?
vi: but quite good fun all the same