Comment by notanotheracc

> In this case, it's not; but even if it were, does that limit the ability of a text to explore interesting themes? Why?

In this case, it does. You can't have a show about a pedophile's redemption while simultaneously appealing to that demographic.

Let's not act like there's any consensus in the "scholarly literature" — if you could even call the writing of some guy with no credentials that.