Publication Date
2010
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Abstract
Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) belongs to a tradition of brilliant but personally flawed detectives. Like others in this tradition, including his television colleague, Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), Monk’s genius resides in his exceptional, even excessive, rationality. Both Monk and House embody near-perfect detection or diagnostic skills. And, in both cases, the cause of their damaged personalities is excessive emotionality, represented by their respective emotional disorders. In their internal dynamics, emotion is almost always the ‘problem,’ and both shows suggest that troubled emotionality is the price Monk and House must pay for their intense brilliance.
Page Range
139-156
Book Title
Mr. Monk and Philosophy: The Curious Case of the Defective Detective
Book Publisher
Open Court
Book Editor(s)
D.E. Wittkower
Book ISBN
978-0-8126-9674-5
Recommended Citation
Pribram, E. Deidre Ph.D., "Mr. Monk and the Emotion-Reason Dilemma" (2010). Faculty Publications: Communication. 5.
https://digitalcommons.molloy.edu/com_facpub/5
Document Version
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