Sheldon cooper

Possibly for the first ever time I am posting about a sit com character as a sole theme. Such has been the impact of this character from “The Big Bang Theory” drama series, which concluded couple of years back, that there is already a spin-off series presently into its 5th season called “Young Sheldon”. Usually when characters are written, it is primarily the writer/creator’s vision that gets transformed on screen and especially those characters that are as dialogue intensive as Sheldon, who is not just an eccentric bordering on the highest level of eccentricity possible, but also a hi-fi scientist who pouts long explanations on even trivial and regular conversations, remembering those page long lines is in itself would’ve been an intimidating ask for the actors and delivering it in a way that has made them memorable shows their mettle. Jim Parsons, who played the role of Sheldon cooper had aced the role to such an extent that, it must’ve been quite challenging for the writers to engage and build upon the additional layers he had built around that character. Be it the way he smiles (There is a very specific instance when he has to fake it, unable to digest the sudden claim to fame of Raj, having been nominated by People magazine. His efforts to contain his true feelings while trying to smile at the same time results in hilarious situations which I doubt would’ve/could’ve been written on paper), the way he contorts his face when forced to lie (several instances throughout) the way he effortlessly repeats insanely difficult mind twister of dialogues full of scientific formulae, the dead pan expression with which he delivers weirdest of dialogues, that man is a character of his own deserving a sit com based on his performance alone. Of all the sitcoms I’ve enjoyed, Jim Parsons Sheldon cooper is probably the most impressive performance in a comedy series. Mathew Perry (Chandler from Friends) and possibly Matt le blanc (Joey from the same series) are the closest that I can think of. But even then you would’ve reference points, for their characters are quite common every day people. Sheldon cooper is possibly a full blown invention, shaped to perfection by Jim Parsons, for the chances of a person like that in real life is rare at best. It requires true belief on the character and tremendous self-belief and possibly alien level memory to churn out such performances flawlessly!! Must’ve been quite challenging for fellow artists not to be in awe every time this guy performed!! In fact in many of the scenes, their responses to him could’ve actually been the real time response itself, a look of disbelief at the insane level of perfection with which he performed across 10 seasons!!  Jim parsons deserves every credit and even more for this role and possibly has created a monstrous image for himself to overcome, across any of his other projects.