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I've found some of the best shows just because everyone else was always going on about how great they are. Like Once Upon a Time.
Oddly, though I've always been fond of fairy tales, I wasn't that interested at first -- I guess I couldn't see how network primetime TV could pull off a convincing one. And I did think it started out a bit stilted, when I finally took a look at it. But goodness, how it's grown on me over the course of only three episodes! I'm totally on board now, and then some. I haven't been this anxious about what was going to happen to Snow White since I was, oh, about five years old. And I really like how they're using the traditional framework with all these new little twists thrown in -- like how Prince Charming got his name! Love it.
Also, nice to see Jennifer Morrison with a regular role again, and this time as someone who's not an annoying self-righteous twit. Take THAT, House. (Though I can't say I care overmuch for the "birth mother comes back to save kid from evil adoptive mother" idea. Adoption gets stigmatized enough as it is.)
But oh my word, poor daddy of the evil queen! YIKES! I felt awful for him. Though I suppose he should have known that a "Max and Norma from Sunset Boulevard" kind of setup is never going to end well. (I know it was a father in this case instead of an ex-husband, but still, there were uncomfortable similarities.) And that, when your daughter considers ripping your heart out, even for a fleeting moment, it's not a good time to give her hugs. It's a good time to -- as my own father would say -- whup her like a yard dog. And then RUN.
Oddly, though I've always been fond of fairy tales, I wasn't that interested at first -- I guess I couldn't see how network primetime TV could pull off a convincing one. And I did think it started out a bit stilted, when I finally took a look at it. But goodness, how it's grown on me over the course of only three episodes! I'm totally on board now, and then some. I haven't been this anxious about what was going to happen to Snow White since I was, oh, about five years old. And I really like how they're using the traditional framework with all these new little twists thrown in -- like how Prince Charming got his name! Love it.
Also, nice to see Jennifer Morrison with a regular role again, and this time as someone who's not an annoying self-righteous twit. Take THAT, House. (Though I can't say I care overmuch for the "birth mother comes back to save kid from evil adoptive mother" idea. Adoption gets stigmatized enough as it is.)
But oh my word, poor daddy of the evil queen! YIKES! I felt awful for him. Though I suppose he should have known that a "Max and Norma from Sunset Boulevard" kind of setup is never going to end well. (I know it was a father in this case instead of an ex-husband, but still, there were uncomfortable similarities.) And that, when your daughter considers ripping your heart out, even for a fleeting moment, it's not a good time to give her hugs. It's a good time to -- as my own father would say -- whup her like a yard dog. And then RUN.
