But 10 movies playing the same character is a lot. What else could he have made?
And maybe it sounds alarmist or silly, but I think the infantalization of pop culture is troubling. What happens, or what does it mean, when adults hoover up fantasy books and movies written for teenagers instead of more adult material? Some escapism is fun, but it's all become a bit much.
I think this is a great way of putting it:
Much is taken from us as we pass out of childhood, but other human beings who have suffered these losses have created great works of art, works that can only be truly appreciated by those who have suffered the same losses in turn. These works are among the great recompenses that experience offers us. Putting down “Harry Potter” for Henry James is not one of adulthood’s obligations, like flossing and mortgage payments; it’s one of its rewards, like autonomy and sex. It seems to me not embarrassing or shameful but just self-defeating and a little sad to forego such pleasures in favor of reading a book that might just as easily be enjoyed by a child.