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Everyone always talks as if Dr. Watson is a dim-witted character (narrator) in the Sherlock Holmes books. Give him a break, people! He’s actually smarter than Holmes.
And unlike his friend the sleuth he is not a drug addict.
Like I said, this is not the frumest of frum forums on the net. Reading non-jewish litterature, wats da world comin to?
PS: Dr.Watson was not dimwitted, he just like 99% of people, didn’t have the ability to think outside the box. The only ones who have this gift (thinking outside the box) are lunatics and….geniuses.
Well Holmes always says elementary my dear Watson which is very condescending its like saying hey Watson you dope you should know i figured out the chambermaid murdered the stableman because OBVIOUSLY she had hay on her frock.
The characters Of Holmes and Watson were fixed in the public mind by their early movie portrayal by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce respectively. The movie made two major errors in bringing Conan Doyle to the screen. First is Bruce’s portrayal of Watson as sort of a bumbling Colonel Blimp. The second, and less obvious, is the portrayal of Holmes and Watson as in advanced middle age. Both issues are major diversions from the characters as written by Conan Doyle.
In fact, When we first meet Holmes and Watson in “A Study in Scarlet”, Holmes in in his late twenties and Watson is a couple of years older. Watson is returning from service in Afghanistan (!) and answers an add for a roommate. The advertiser is Holmes. Far from being a bumbler, Watson is the man of action while Holmes is the cerebral sleuth. In there adventures, Holmes always asks Watson to accompany him when there is a the threat of danger and to bring his gun.
Ben David, it is fairly well known that R’ Yaakov Kaminetsky, ZTL, read Sherlock Holmes in Russian translation and was a fan. If Holmes was frum enough for Rav Yaakov, he’s frum enough for me.
I think you meant that the literature is kosher enough for you. There was no questions of whether Holmes was Frum. He wasn’t even Jewish!
With any literature (even 100% Jewish books) there is always the issue of Bitul Torah. A Frum Man should be focusing his time on Torah and mitzvos, not wasting it on reading books (or posting on YWN.) Except in between, for a few minutes here and there when you need a break.
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