Epic theatre in mainstream US television: reflections on ABC's "Once Upon A Time"
I recently had a fascinating discussion with a friend of mine about the kind of I aim to bring to my understanding of ABC's Once Upon A Time, how my awareness of a world beyond the show impacts how I approach and understand it.It took me a while to remember where I had seen something like this before: in the epic theatre as theorized by Bertolt Brecht.There's tons of material on Brecht that you can find for yourself,…