Is the popularity of grim and gritty reboots of children's programs driven by a desire for continuity? Once Upon a Time kids played at being adults. They played house. They played college. They played cops and robbers. Cowboys and Indians. War. Not all are positive and uplifting of course. But all share something in common. The child is playing at being an adult. They are practicing the future.
As Children's Entertainment has become more fantastical, has it become more difficult for kids to make that connection? It's hard to pretend playing Batman or Voltron or My Little Pony friendship is Magic are in any way a practise for adulthood.
Is the act of rendering these children's programs into grim and gritty formats attempt to balance this unequal equation?
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