Comments | talking_piffle: Have His Carcase: Chapters 7-9

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Have His Carcase: Chapters 7-9

Sep 13, 2010 07:12

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rabidsamfan September 13 2010, 12:54:58 UTC

You're making me wish I could find my copy of the book...

I think on the gigolo issue, that the line is very blurry. For some of the women dancing is enough, but for others it wouldn't be. But given the time period, wouldn't most of those older ladies have been raised at the tail end of the Victorian period? It might not take that much to give them a bit of a thrill.

As for Sayers being a fangirl, oh most definitely yes. Ask any Sherlockian!

soniag September 13 2010, 18:22:09 UTC

It might not take that much to give them a bit of a thrill.

I agree. I'm sure they were quite titillated by the dancing and flirtation. And nobody thinks that Paul Alexis and Mrs. Weldon actually had sex, right? But if he married her, he would have to do his husbandly duty from time to time, and that would have boiled down to prostitution.

colonial_abroad September 15 2010, 19:07:44 UTC

Didn't Sayers actually write a radio play where an 8 year old Peter actually met Sherlock Holmes?

I would love to actually find this somewhere!

rabidsamfan September 15 2010, 20:49:19 UTC

It pops up on Amazon now and then, but so far never for less than 90 dollars. Which I didn't have to spend last time, darn it!

miss_eponine September 13 2010, 18:04:12 UTC

I've just realized that I did the wrong chapters in my summary. I don't know why my brain read the X in the Roman numeral chapter headings as a V.

soniag September 13 2010, 18:19:39 UTC

Oh no! I didn't realize this, but now that I look at your recaps, I see what you mean. I'm sorry -- I feel like I messed up by not noticing.

miss_eponine September 13 2010, 18:26:50 UTC

I'm redoing them now (or adding in the actual chapters). I feel like a bit of an idiot too.

nineveh_uk September 13 2010, 20:02:33 UTC

I love the beard jokes. He has a beard! It's so exotic! I adore HHC the book, but I do agree that the TV adaptation is actually really good, and manages to convey the plot - even the code scenes - really cleverly and swiftly.

I could live without the ham, though.

soniag September 14 2010, 14:02:19 UTC

Which hammy bits do you mean? Just curious.

nineveh_uk September 14 2010, 14:06:47 UTC

Sorry, I mean the bits with actual ham, which I realise are in chapter 6!

It may or may not be a pity that DLS didn't give us Peter's impression of Harriet in her swimming costume...

colonial_abroad September 15 2010, 19:09:47 UTC

I think the things is that we already kind of know what Peter's impressions of Harriet in her swimming costume would be... so it's much more interesting to hear what she thinks!

I think this is one of the better film adaptations of the Wimsey/Vane novels- it really hits the mark, and the pacing is excellent.