Friday, August 17, 2012

Benedict Cumberbatch is unimpressed with popular culture Aug 16, 2012, 5:01 GMT (M & C)



Benedict Cumberbatch thinks today's popular culture is 's**t'.

The 'Sherlock' actor worries about the dumbing down of the arts and culture, especially in his native Britain, but is confident his new BBC drama 'Parade's End' will be well received because he believes the public is more intelligent than they are given credit for.


Benedict told the latest issue of Reader's Digest magazine: 'You don't just want to kowtow to a modern sensibility. It's very hard getting into the car in the morning and listening to some radio station and thinking, 'This is the level that people are engaging at on quite a few conversations.

'This is the depth of analysis and the variety of topic ... how are they going to take ['Parade's End']?'

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