Fans of the BBC's Sherlock will have to wait another agonizing two years before their favorite detective returns, but luckily for them, there's a new private investigator shaking things up on the web. Her name is Whitlock, and she's the titular character of a clever web series that provides a gender-flipped version of Sherlock Holmes. Studies like the Bechdel test offer compelling evidence that female characters are often underrepresented in fiction, and Whitlock responds by bringing a dose of estrogen to Baker Street. The main character is Sophie Whitlock (played by series creator Lauren Tess), an investigator who has a little less of Holmes' sociopathy but just as much of a 'my way or the highway' attitude. Her assistant is Fawn Watkins, described by the series description as "New-Agey" and always decked out in unusual outfits. Whitlock also moves from Holmes' London to the sunnier (and far more convenient) hills of Los Angeles.
- 2/28/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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