What Tom Felton's Broadway Role Reveals About the Future of 'Harry Potter'

We're a quarter-century into the new millennium. As millennials begin to feel their age, the franchises they came of age with — Toy Story, Jurassic Park, the Star Wars prequels, The Lord of the Rings — are beginning to feel like legacy properties. But for better or worse, one pop-cultural phenomenon maps onto the experience of millennials more precisely than all the others: Harry Potter. The impact of the boy who lived is undeniable, but the franchise isn't exactly aging well.
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