Cheyenne Lin | What Is Young Sheldon? @CheyenneLin | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 45 minutes ago
In this video I discuss what Young Sheldon, the CBS sitcom and the Big Bang Theory prequel, is and how it handles Sheldon Cooper's neurodiversity and masculinity, as well as the characters of color on the show like Tam, and how Young Sheldon both tries to appeal to older millennials and boomers via nostalgia for the 80s and 90s, as well as to the younger more ‘PC’ generation, and how it mostly fails.
Young Sheldon starring Iain Armitage and Jim Parsons and co-produced by Chuck Lorre premiered in September 2017, and was recently renewed for three more seasons - with season 5 coming out this October. Though mostly appealing to older audiences - as it relies on sexist TV tropes of a bygone era and enforces notions like ‘manning up’ and ‘growing a pair’ - it still at least has a bit more heart than its predecessor, The Big Bang Theory.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Intro & Spoiler Warning 0:00
Why does this show exist? 1:59
Sheldon Cooper: Character Autopsy 3:50
Sheldon Deserves Better Parents 9:38
Everyone is still resentful/embarrased of Sheldon 15:00
boomers, millennials, and honorary boomers (who is watching this?) 18:36
"everything is racist nowadays" (the characters of color) 23:26
Conclusion 29:00
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References and Further Reading:
Bill Prady: Origins of Sheldon. Neurodiversity & Sensory Overload
youtu.be/rCgnfljfWjU
Mayim Bialik’s Take on Sheldon Cooper and Autism is Wrong
crippledscholar.com/2015/06/17/mayim-bialiks-take-on-sheldon-cooper-and-autism-is-wrong/#:~:text=We%20know%20that%20the%20creators,denied%20that%20Sheldon%20was%20autistic.
The Problem with Sheldon Cooper and the "Cute Autism"
http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/problem-sheldon-cooper-and-cute-autism-387783
On Sheldon Cooper, and Hollywood’s failure to portray autistic people
dailycampus.com/2020/10/02/on-sheldon-cooper-and-hollywoods-failure-to-portray-autistic-people
Older interviews with the creators of The Big BangTheory from 2009 that talk about Sheldon and 'Asperger's'*.
Must-Geek TV | Is the world ready for an Asperger's sitcom?
web.archive.org/web/20090210061649/http://www.slate.com/id/2210635/pagenum/all
Reader mail: Does Sheldon from 'Big Bang Theory' have Asperger's?
nj.com/entertainment/tv/2009/08/reader_mail_does_sheldon_from.html
*Note that 'Asperger's' was removed from the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) in 2013 for many reasons.
To read about why this happened check out the article below and please do your own research as well.
Why ‘Asperger’s Syndrome’ Is No Longer An Official Diagnosis
theswaddle.com/why-aspergers-syndrome-is-no-longer-an-official-diagnosis
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Transition and end credit music:
Efence - Spaceflight
youtu.be/VjjVg9zBnnw
In this video I discuss what Young Sheldon, the CBS sitcom and the Big Bang Theory prequel, is and how it handles Sheldon Cooper's neurodiversity and masculinity, as well as the characters of color on the show like Tam, and how Young Sheldon both tries to appeal to older millennials and boomers via nostalgia for the 80s and 90s, as well as to the younger more ‘PC’ generation, and how it mostly fails.
Young Sheldon starring Iain Armitage and Jim Parsons and co-produced by Chuck Lorre premiered in September 2017, and was recently renewed for three more seasons - with season 5 coming out this October. Though mostly appealing to older audiences - as it relies on sexist TV tropes of a bygone era and enforces notions like ‘manning up’ and ‘growing a pair’ - it still at least has a bit more heart than its predecessor, The Big Bang Theory.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Intro & Spoiler Warning 0:00
Why does this show exist? 1:59
Sheldon Cooper: Character Autopsy 3:50
Sheldon Deserves Better Parents 9:38
Everyone is still resentful/embarrased of Sheldon 15:00
boomers, millennials, and honorary boomers (who is watching this?) 18:36
"everything is racist nowadays" (the characters of color) 23:26
Conclusion 29:00
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References and Further Reading:
Bill Prady: Origins of Sheldon. Neurodiversity & Sensory Overload
youtu.be/rCgnfljfWjU
Mayim Bialik’s Take on Sheldon Cooper and Autism is Wrong
crippledscholar.com/2015/06/17/mayim-bialiks-take-on-sheldon-cooper-and-autism-is-wrong/#:~:text=We%20know%20that%20the%20creators,denied%20that%20Sheldon%20was%20autistic.
The Problem with Sheldon Cooper and the "Cute Autism"
http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/problem-sheldon-cooper-and-cute-autism-387783
On Sheldon Cooper, and Hollywood’s failure to portray autistic people
dailycampus.com/2020/10/02/on-sheldon-cooper-and-hollywoods-failure-to-portray-autistic-people
Older interviews with the creators of The Big BangTheory from 2009 that talk about Sheldon and 'Asperger's'*.
Must-Geek TV | Is the world ready for an Asperger's sitcom?
web.archive.org/web/20090210061649/http://www.slate.com/id/2210635/pagenum/all
Reader mail: Does Sheldon from 'Big Bang Theory' have Asperger's?
nj.com/entertainment/tv/2009/08/reader_mail_does_sheldon_from.html
*Note that 'Asperger's' was removed from the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) in 2013 for many reasons.
To read about why this happened check out the article below and please do your own research as well.
Why ‘Asperger’s Syndrome’ Is No Longer An Official Diagnosis
theswaddle.com/why-aspergers-syndrome-is-no-longer-an-official-diagnosis
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My last three videos: (◕‿◕✿)
⭢ Fembots: The Perfect Woman, the Female Monster, and the Ultimate Male Fantasy | youtu.be/z6ziLrtyz0Y
⭢ Teen Girls, Boy Bands and Objectification, a video essay | youtu.be/kh_Grt5KRkI
⭢ Men Writing Women, The Female Gaze, and Why Men Don’t Deserve the Manic Pixie Dream Girl | youtu.be/XRvv2vPj8pM
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Support me (◕‿◕)
Contribute to my Patreon so I can improve my channel!
⭢ patreon.com/cheyennelin
Follow Me on Twitter
⭢ twitter.com/_cheyennelin
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MUSIC (づ。◕‿‿◕。)づ
Transition and end credit music:
Efence - Spaceflight
youtu.be/VjjVg9zBnnw