Apr 26, 2014
The Baker Street Babes want to thank everyone who was so very kind
to us at 221B Con and introduce our newest Babe at the same time we
give you our second annual live episode:
Ashley Polasek and Sherlockian Film Through the
Ages
In this podcast, we discuss Watson's progression from absentee to
"life partner," trends in Sherlockian adaptations through the ages,
how much better Sherlock Holmes: A Case of Evil should have been,
the vastly underrated importance of Nigel Bruce, and much
more! We thank the 221B Con organizers very kindly for
allowing us live podcast time, and everyone who was there in the
audience for being absolute peaches.
Ashley Polasek is an “Aca-Sherlockian,” happily living at the
crossroads of academia, traditional Sherlockiana, and contemporary
fandom. She has spoken about Sherlock Holmes at academic
conferences across the US, UK, and continental Europe, and has
published in peer reviewed journals and academic texts relating
Holmes to a multitude of literary and film studies topics; she will
graduate with her PhD on adaptations of Sherlock Holmes in July of
2014. Ashley is a member of both The Diogenes Club of Washington
D.C. and the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, and has attended
BSI and ASH events for many years. She has published in the Baker
Street Journal, and was a speaker at the “Behind the Canonical
Screen” conference in Los Angeles in 2012; she will co-edit (with
Lyndsay Faye) the conference’s companion volume for the BSI Press.
Ashley has been interviewed about Sherlock Holmes on The Baker
Street Babes podcast, CNN International, and
CBS Sunday Morning.
If you follow Babes, Ashley can be found on Twitter
@SherlockPhd!
Music: "Happy Alley" by Kevin MacLeod