George Orwell, for example, remarked that ‘gentleman-thieves’ like Maurice Leblanc’s ‘Arsène Lupin’ or Ernest Hornung’s ‘Raffles’ – both of whom exist in Holmes’s orbit – have ‘no real ethical code, merely certain rules of behavior which they observe semi-instinctively.’ They fear social exclusion, losing their ‘amateur status’ and being judged true ‘cad.’ Netflix’s surprise hit, Lupin, reinvents this ‘gentleman-thief’ trope with the story of Assane Diop, a Senegalese orphan who uses ‘Lupin’ stories to get revenge on the man who ruined his father. NetflixĬlassic detective stories recognized that both ‘consulting detectives’ like Sherlock Holmes and ‘Napoleons of Crime’ like Professor Moriarty were dabblers in puzzles and crime, sportsmen who shared the same social spirit. Man of Steal: In Netflix's 'Lupin', Omar Sy stars as the gentleman burglar inspired by Maurice.
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