People Like Sheldon

  Series, movies, and novels often offer us caricatures. That’s because the writers seek consistency in the profiles they draw rather than incoherences or contradictions. The Big Bang Theory, one of the most successful series in recent years, is a good example of this way of writing. In this show, we find several endearing characters -Leonard, Sheldon, Rash, Howard, Penny, etc who delight us with their own ways of seeing the world. In a way, these characters are obligated to relate to each other, yet they find that what unites them is stronger than what separates them. One of the…