Comparaison Greg House / Sherlock Holmes

Article mis sur le forum par Kimberquest : il comparant le célèbre détective anglais avec notre Greg House :



En vue de tous les points communs entre ces 2 personnages fictifs, on est en droit de se demander si le parrallèle entre House et Holmes n'est pas dû au hasard de la part des scénaristes de la série.

Description et comparaison par Morscian :

Le personnage de Gregory House est directement inspiré du célèbre détective Sherlock Holmes, avec qui il partage son désir de toujours trouver une solution à ce qui semble ne pas en avoir.

Ses techniques d'investigation et de déduction, et sa dépendance à la drogue sont aussi des traits qu'il tient du détective anglais.

La série comporte également de nombreuses références à l'univers créé par Conan Doyle, tel que l'amitié entre House et Wilson, dont les noms rappellent étrangement Holmes et Watson.

De plus, House vit dans l'appartement 221B, qui est également le numéro de l'appartement du détective sur Baker Street.

Certains noms de patients, tels que Ms Adler (épisode 1, saison 1 Les Symptômes de Rebecca Adler (Pilot)) ainsi que Mr Moriarty (épisode 24, saison 2 House à terre (No Reason)) font également référence à des célèbres personnages de l'univers de Sherlock Holmes.

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Connections Between House and Holmes
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For anyone who thinks we are reading too much into a connection between Sherlock Holmes and Gregory House that was never intended, the creator of "House" (David Shore) gave an interview for an article in Zap2It by Kate O'Hare in January 2005 that said:
"...Anytime one says 'puzzle' and 'brilliant deduction' in the same sentence, one can't help but think of the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick, Dr. Watson. And indeed, Holmes -- and the real-life physician that inspired him, Dr. Joseph Bell -- were very much inspirations for 'House.'"

...Shore also hopes to draw more parallels to Holmes by drawing House's best, and likely only, friend, oncologist Dr. Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), into the Watson role.

"We're looking for Wilson to step up in that regard, as House's everyman, leaning over his shoulder and going, 'How'd you do that?' And more important, 'Why'd you do that?'...."
— "labyrinth" posted a link to this article in the Television Without Pity House Forum
Sherlock Holmes /Gregory House, MD
Can deduce a great deal from just looking at a person. /Can deduce and diagnose a great deal just from looking at a person.
Holmes' creator based the character on a doctor. /Greg House is a doctor
His name sounds like "Homes" / His name is another word for "Home"
Sherlock Holmes fought deadly criminals /Fights deadly germs, diseases and other medical problems.
Used cocaine to escape boredom /Uses Vicodin for pain in his leg. And maybe for boredom.
Holmes calls even his best friend by his last name / House calls all his associates by their last names
Arrogant. Said humility would be a lie / Greg House is extremely arrogant.
Read the agony columns in the paper /Watches soaps, plays video games, etc.
Languid and lazy when not on a case. / Lazy until he is forced to look into something that intrigues him.
His closest friend had problems with a wound in his leg (although initially, the wound was in his shoulder) / Has a medical problem in his leg.
Music is very important to Holmes and he plays the violin. / Music is very important to House and he plays the piano (rajout perso: et de la guitare!!!)
Aloof, although less so with his only friend and roommate. / Keeps everyone except Wilson at a distance.
Sherlock Holmes lives at 221B Baker St. /In #207 "Hunting" we discover House lives at 221B — we see the number as House and Wilson leave in the morning (but we don't know the street). See a screen caption of the address clearly visible behind Wilson as he leaves House's home.

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Quotations on Holmes which remind us of House From A Study in Scarlet (the first Sherlock Holmes story)
Quotes from "Young Stamford" about Holmes, giving fair warning to Watson before he introduces the two:
"He is a little queer in his ideas — an enthusiast in some branches of science."
"His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge."
"He is not a man that is easy to draw out, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him."
"Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes — it approaches cold-bloodedness."
"He appears to have a passion for definite and exact knowledge."
Quotes Watson says about Holmes
"The reticence which he showed on all that concerned himself."
"There was a world of sarcasm in his voice as he spoke."
Quotes Holmes says about Himself
"I have a lot of special knowledge which I apply to the problem, and which facilitates matters wonderfully."
"I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather — that is, when the fit is on me, for I can be spry enough at times."

From The Sign of Four (the second Sherlock Holmes story)
Quotes Holmes says about Himself
"I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation."
"Eliminate all other factors and the one which remains must be the truth."
"Viewing the matter as an abstract problem, I had forgotten how personal and painful a thing it might be to you."
"I could only say what was the balance of probability. I didn't at all expect to be so accurate."
"Was there ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? ...What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material?"
Quotes Watson says about himself and his leg wound (note that in the first story, the wound was in his shoulder but it is in the leg wound that Watson adds to the creation of House)
"...sat nursing my wounded leg....and though it did not prevent me from walking, it ached wearily at every change of the weather."
"...I... limped impatiently about the room with considerable bitterness in my heart."
Quotes Holmes says about detecting (which could apply as well to diagnostics)
"...three qualities necessary for the ideal detective.... the power of observation and that of deduction... [and] knowledge...."
What Watson says about Holmes
"You have an extraordinary genius for minutiae."

merci kookie! Cela méritait bien son topic: Notre House comparé au grand Holmes!

C'est une belle comparaison surtou lorsque l'acteur qui joue ce rôle est anglais !

Pour ma part, je suis friand des séries policières : j'appprécie particulièrement les séries d'investigations telles ques les experts Las-Vegas : or dans House je retrouve exactement les mêmes éléments : une scène du crime (la maladie), une victime (le malade), des témoins (les symptômes, l'environnements, la famille), l'enquête (la recherche du diagnostic), l'enquéteur (House et son équipe), "la loupe" (l'IRM)....,le meurtrier (le diagnostic), l'arrestation (le traitement)...tout ça pour dire que dans House même en étant une série médicale je me régale alors que d'habitude je n'aime pas ce genre de série mais celle-ci tient en haleine puisqu'on remonte la piste jusqu'au diagnostic final tout comme une enquête policière et le tout avec beaucoup d'humour et un personnage innimitable.

Une p'tite différence toutefois: holmes n'est pas franchement accro à sa fameuse solution à 7% de coczine (dont on apprend qu'elle est diluée par le rusé watson...), il n'en use que lorsqu'il a besoin de stimulant intellectuel et peut donc sans problème s'en passer pendant de longues péériodes lorsqu'il est sur une affaire quelconque. De plus il s'en désintoxiquera peu à peu jusqu'à arrêter définitivement...

et par pitié épargnez-nous les photos de house portant la célèbre "deerstalker" (casquette de voyage à double visière)!holmes ne la porte quasiment jamais (sauf en voyage, of course...), surtout pas en ville dans la vie quotidienne ce qui à l'époque et pour un homme aussi élégant que lui aurait une faute de goût impardonnable....Sus aux clichés!!

Varda, je vois que tu connais bien le sujet Sherlock Holmes
Je ne pense pas qu'on puisse complètement comparer ces 2 personnages fictifs mais il est fort interessant de souligner leurs points communs : ça montre une volonté certaine des scénaristes de jouer avec le personnage de House avec cette comparaison, c'est plutôt original.

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par pitié épargnez-nous les photos de house portant la célèbre "deerstalker"

pas de soucis, ça ne lui va vraiment pas bien à notre House en plus

trouvé sur le site housemd-guide cette illustration comparant Wilson/House à Watson/Holmes

whaou!!!! trop belle cette illustration!

superbe dessin