Representation questions 1) How does the film challenge or reinforce stereotypes? The film reinforces stereotypes by showing that most scientists are friends with each other. This is reinforced when Sheldon facetimes Stephen Hawkins. We also see this because most of the Characters in the Big Bang Theory who are friends, and some enemies, are scientists. Not including Penny and Stuart. This is mainly because they all share the same common interest in science and comic books. We also have the stereotype of Scientists being Nerds because Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj all have hobbies including Gaming, Technology and Comics. These are all stereotypically associated with nerds. They explore the stereotype of types of women in the Big Bang Theory as they have Penny who isn’t a scientist but as the ‘hot blonde’ who seems to date tons of men and care about her appearance, whereas Amy who is a scientist is not intereste...