The brooding teaser poster for Sherlock Holmes has the Baker Street sleuth striking a pose that reminds me of another fin-de-si√®cle eccentric. And another one. (Some have said that the dark tinted glasses are anachronistic — in the 19th century “it was common for syphilis patients to receive amber- or yellow-tinted lenses” — but here’s the Honorable Henry Cranston, Congressman from Rhode Island, stylin’ in his shades circa 1850.)
I wonder how long before some Photoshopaholic acts on the subliminal suggestion in the poster and extends Sherlock’s middle finger along the same plane as his pipe stem?