As a kid you form basic views from basic presumptions with often little information. Having the "revelation" that XYZ important person are simply humans like t

As a kid you form basic views from basic presumptions with often little information. Having the "revelation" that XYZ important person are simply humans like the rest of us is an adjustment of those views. And I would argue that while it may not be groundbreaking, it is no less poignant. By taking the hero off the pedestal they become our equal, which means we too are capable of being important to someone.