Anyone seen this? It was a 7-hour miniseries first released in 2000, about a portal in Central Park that leads to a parallel universe in which all the classic tales of Grimm exist as historical events, and characters like Snow White and Cinderella get to interact with modern-day New Yorkers. It was a fairly expensive, high-quality production, with a strong cast including Diane Wiest, Rutger Hauer, Ed O'Neil, John Larroquette, and more. At the time I saw it, it was the best TV fantasy series I'd ever seen. But for some reason it failed commercially, perhaps because audiences at the time didn't know what to make of it: was it for kids, or was it a grownup deconstruction of fairy tales? Sometimes it was very funny and satiric, but it was a more straight approach to the subject than, say, Shrek. It took its central conceit--fairy tale characters existing in the modern world--pretty seriously and went with it. In many ways I think it anticipated the rise of the "revisionist fairy tale" genre in the 21st century. Various films and shows I've seen since then have reminded me of it (especially the 2007 miniseries "Tin Man," about a sort of steampunkish parallel universe that mimics the events of "The Wizard of Oz"). And of course, "Once Upon a Time," which I finally got around to seeing recently, is quite similar.
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Reply by MirrorMask
on July 7, 2017 at 9:29 AM
Yeah, the 10th Kingdom was probably ahead of its time, but it was a fantastic miniseries and I'm glad that they didn't end up getting a sequel.