"Fairy Tale Town" is not a simple fairy tale drama, but a fantasy drama with very complicated settings. There are two time and space in the play, one is the fairy tale time and space where the fairy tale characters survive, and the other is the reality time and space where time is stagnant after being cursed, that is, the fairy tale town. The characters in the two time and space correspond one by one, but the real derivative characters have been forgotten. The identity of their own fairy tale characters, and the mayor of Fairy Tale Town is in charge of their destiny, and the corresponding fairy tale identity is the black witch, and at the same time the spellcaster of all this. The key to cracking all of this lies in an Emma who broke into the fairy tale town under the guidance of a son who was adopted at birth.
The founders of "Fairy Tale Town" Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis used to be the producers of the TV series "Lost". The screenwriter team is mostly the original crew of "Lost", so "Fairy Tale Town" also adheres to the narrative of "Lost". "", the stories in the fairy tale world and the real world are told in parallel and correspond to each other, but these two time and space are not clearly shown as the flashback or flashback relationship in "Lost". Maybe the fairy tale is the past life of these characters, or These are just two parallel space-times, and there is no clear hint. And the screenwriter seems not eager to give an explanation. After a simple layout, the characters begin to grow freely in their respective time and space. But from some information revealed, the screenwriter is in the next big chess game. For example, Emma's identity is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, and her biological son Henry is the adopted son of the Black Witch in reality. In the fairy tale world, Henry is the father of the Black Witch, and the Black Witch is the stepmother of Snow White. This kind of tangled relationship between characters can only be woven by the screenwriter of "Lost", and the solution is definitely a big project.
The influence of the multi-dimensional narrative method established by "Lost" on the mode of TV dramas is bound to become increasingly apparent, but this method is also a double-edged sword for ratings, and it is bound to lose a lot of mainstream audiences who are purely entertaining and do not like to use their brains. . An important reason for the popularity of "Fairy Tale Town" is the humanistic temperament it exudes. Most of the fairy tale characters in the play come from the well-known "Grim's Fairy Tales", with the story of Snow White as the main line, interspersed characters include Cinderella Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Beauty and the Beast, etc., these fairy tale characters who have grown up with generations of TV audiences bring a sense of intimacy and security to people, which gives the series a natural affinity, and put aside The story trend of the big format, the relatively independent unit stories of each episode are also very delicate, although the main theme and clichés such as returning to the family and the supremacy of true love are still promoted, the healing effect is obvious. 【Southern Metropolis Daily】
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