Yesterday I visited Storytown ,
Maine. I was Storytown , Maine
Spoilers
It is up to 28 year old Emma Swan to put things right. She may be the only person who can break the
curse. Being the child of Prince
Charming and Snow White, Emma was rescued from the curse and grew up in the
real world in foster care. A young boy (her son she gave up for adoption 10
years earlier) convinces her to go to Storytown and tells her the story of the
curse. Emma doesn’t believe it but still
feels the boy is being neglected by his foster mother, Regina Mills who is the
Evil Queen.
Don’t worry, it is not as confusing as it all sounds. The format will no doubt include flashbacks to
the fantasy world and involve the characters we will then see in the ‘real
world’. As time goes on we will probably learn if anyone in Storytown can remember their past life and find out
what Rumplestiltskin is up to.
The idea is certainly original and viewers may be interested
to see not only how these fantasy characters are portrayed but who they have
become in the real world. I say original
but there has been other works that tread in this area including a comic book,
the movie Enchanted and other series.
Writers of the TV series Lost, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, are involved in this series and sharp
viewers will notice lots of Lost references including the time of 8:15 in
Storytown and so on.
The series is different enough and has plenty of connections
to Disney (even showing on a classic Disney night of Sunday). The show can be for kids but it is not
childish. Snow White, at one point is
pregnant and gives birth. Still, family
fare this is and I am eagerly awaiting to see more of this show. Once Upon a Time was a borderline show for me
and if I had time, I would give it a shot, but now it is firmly on my schedule.
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