Seems like Journey to the West is referenced and copied so much in Eastern cultures without any fear of it getting old or going stale.
Is there something similar for Westerners? Is there some Shakespearean story we keep re-imagining again and again without shame?
Anything can be Shakespeare if you look hard enough
Hamlet is a favorite to repackage, I felt like I unlocked a cheat code to understanding media after I read it as a kid
Chronicles of Riddick was Macbeth.
I never thought about it until you said it, but yeah.