One of my students writes every day about the the TV show Once Upon a Time. Airing from 2011-18 on ABC, the premise of the show is that all the fairy tale characters have been cursed to forget their identities and live real lives in the present day town of Storybrook, Maine. I was definitely aware of the show when it was on, but I can't say that I ever saw a single episode.
Still, this kid was so enthusiastic about it: what a good message it has, what a good role model the main character is, and on and on, that one evening a few weeks ago, when we found ourselves with nothing in particular to watch, I pointed the remote and clicked over to Netflix and found Once Upon a Time and started watching.
It is a very sweet show, with interesting takes on familiar characters, and a solid good versus evil theme running through (how it could it be otherwise?). Even though it was only made about nine years ago, there is something innocent and even nostalgic about the sensibility that makes me remember the early tweens of this century as a simpler time.
Whether it was or not, doesn't matter. Once Upon a Time is perfect pandemic viewing for us, and you might think so, too.
Life Lesson: In times of trouble, find what comforts you.
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