Quote:
Originally Posted by issybird
I admit Queen the character, pontificating and patronizing, can annoy.
De gustibus and all that!
|
I think Queen is an excellent example of the flaw in my approach. Apart from the ASTONISHING casual racism that makes Sayers' works look like 21st century models of inclusivity, the element that really made me loathe Queen was the way his father was portrayed as a simpering idiot who literally needed his son to do all his thinking for him, because whenever Richard had any ideas or theories at all, his son would expose the fatal flaws in them. This from an allegedly esteemed senior police detective was too much.
Calamity Town in contrast, was much better for the absence of the pointless pater.