Alice Lives Between Fantasy and Reality, Beginning Tonight at 8pm

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Mike Hale

Down the Rabbit Hole - Rough Landing

TELEVISION---“Wonderland” is associated with the existing ABC series “Once Upon a Time,” though it’s less a spinoff than a brand extension — so far, no performers or significant characters have gone from the first series to the second. In both shows, the action moves between the human world and a fantasy realm, and both make extensive use of flashbacks to complicate their narratives and suggest that there’s more going on than there really is. In “Once Upon a Time,” the multiple time streams were clever at first but proliferated to a point of wearying confusion. “Wonderland” skips straight to bewilderment. [link]

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