Death in Paradise!

[Pecospete666]

Death in Paradise PBS Tucson Arizona 1/10/13 looking forward to seeing Danny in a different role!

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[Pecospete666]

8 PM MST PBS I have never seen Danny in anything but RD! Should be interesting!

[HelloMabel]

I finally got to watch it last night. Danny was very good, though he may have been gritting his teeth (as I was) that even in Paradise, once again we have a show where the white dude is “chief.” The UK and US are both mad for detective dramas, yet where are all the black DCIs? Or has there ever been a black Sherlock Holmes or Poirot?

Anyhow, must send a few extra shekels to KCET for airing it. Maybe with a note saying, “That John-Jules guy is talented. Could you pick up more shows with him?”

[Pete Part Three]

>Or has there ever been a black Sherlock Holmes or Poirot?

A bit of a stretch considering the *usual* time period of adaptations of both.

[Ridley]

Watson and Holmes

[Seb Patrick]

where are all the black DCIs?

[Taiwan Tony]

>>Or has there ever been a black Sherlock Holmes or Poirot?

>A bit of a stretch considering the *usual* time period of adaptations of both.

Also, they were written as white characters originally, weren’t they? Isn’t that like asking if there’s ever been a white Shaft or
Oh no I sound racist.

>I have never seen Danny in anything but RD!

You should check out his work as Barrington… It is legendary.

[si]

We’re sure to see plenty of Barrington next tuesday… ;)

[Pete Part Three]

>Also, they were written as white characters originally, weren’t they?

Well, I don’t think it explicitly popped up in the text. Whether Agatha and Arthur would approve is open to debate. A debate I’d back away from.

>We’re sure to see plenty of Barrington next tuesday… ;)

Is it P-P-P-P-Pancake day already?

[HelloMabel]

Seb, who is that?

[HelloMabel]

Point of clarification: when I wrote, “a black Sherlock Holmes or Poirot,” I meant, “a brilliant, freelance detective-for-hire, like those two I mentioned, who is black.” I was trying to use… synecdoche? Metonymy? Something like that. :)

[Jonsmad]

There is a black Watson, in cruise of the gods, Sherlock holmes in Miami.
“how do you figure that shit, homey?”

[Taiwan Tony]

> I was trying to use… synecdoche? Metonymy? Something like that. :)

Hello Hello(Mabel). A point well made. (Just to clarify, I was continuing with PP3s literal interpretation to do a joke. A joke about me sounding racist… )

I also agree. America have a ton of outstanding black police officers. Alex Cross is African American, isn’t he? Then there’s my favourite example: Frank Pembleton in Homicide. The best character in Homicide by a mile. (His boss, G, is black too… As is G’s boss, the deputy commissioner who wore a white hat and medals.)

The UK doesn’t have anything to compete with that.

[Pecospete666]

42 million
The number of people who identified as black, either alone or in combination with one or more other races, in the 2010 Census. They made up 13.6 percent of the total U.S. population. The black population grew by 15.4 percent from 2000 to 2010.
Source: The Black Population: 2010

VS the UK 2% of 63mil

[Ridley]

When most people think of classic wines, they are unlikely to consider the Estonian reds, yet Estonian grapes are among the fruitiest and most subtle.

[Jo]

>Seb, who is that?

That’s Idris Elba, he was a DCI in Luther: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1474684/

[HelloMabel]

Thanks Jo! I’m going to introduce myself to this show as a reward for finally mastering the ‘pre’ tag.

[Author]

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