Themed Post 2 (05-10) My Favouritew Character from a Series

Sheldon Cooper: BAZINGA.

It is not at all hard to think of funny or interesting characters in movies or series, it is actually hard to think of only one which may stand as my favourite but after a thought or two I have come up to the certainty that Sheldon Cooper, from the The Big Bang Theory series is my favourite because it is a smart and witty guy, he also shows he wants to do his best despite all his personal difficulties and mostly because his interventions are hilarious, even though he doesn’t mean to.

The TV series The Big Bang Theory is about a group of friends who are very intelligent scientists and in their early 30’s struggling to get a sound relationship with both their loving and professional lives and Sheldon Cooper happens to be the most prestigious scientist of them all but yet, he is the character which struggles the most due to his Asperger condition,  which makes him seem to be an awkward and hard to deal with person, principally because of his sayings which might seem a bit bizarre but are full of wit and intelligence and needless say, entirely coated in sharp sarcasm.

His sarcasm, along the different chapters leads him to have some quarrels with other members of the team, such as his flat-mate or the neighbour living next door and who is a stereotypical would-be-actress bimbo girl, arriving to the big city to test her chances and who has began working as a waitress. The misunderstandings along the series lead Sheldon to consider his social relating skills in order to make the most of himself and exploiting his abilities, so at last, he tries to follow certain social conventions by for instance casting a huge, bizarre smile every time he makes an odd joke which makes him look even more ridiculous and in the end turns out to be extremely funny and entertaining for the audience.

All the interventions he makes in order not to sound clumsy or awkward are a proof he tries hard to fit in but in the end, he really is a person with a strong Asperger syndrome and every time he tries to sound nice, he sounds rude, and every time he means to be serious, he ends up making fun of himself. All this makes the audience be in a constant entertaining and expecting state which makes Sheldon a very interesting and extremely amusing character.

Sheldon Cooper is a reflection of perhaps many people in the world who suffer from this condition, however, being part of a series it shows on the one hand the challenges of people who have the syndrome, and on the hand it shows us that despite social inabilities a person could be integrated to society just by having the rest of people accepting the intelligence over the lack of social skills, and also, paying closer attention to the amusing and funny aspects of a person trying to fit in, more than the difficulties they may have or the things they may not succeed in doing, such as having a fluent relationship with the neighbour.

See more funny bits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoErHzpU96U