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Three screens and earphones reduce family tension over what to watch

(Francis Miller. 1961)

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I’m working out my list of favorite fairy tale retellings done on NBC’s Grimm, and I’ve begun to notice that the frequency of the retellings lessen as the series goes on. That’s not to say that the show loses focus, but it’s more of a case of the show becoming more global in terms of worldbuilding and scale.

The first season, for the most part, focuses on Grimm fairy tales; this is reinforced by comments made by one of the show’s creators, saying that they were going to take different Grimm stories and reinterpret them in a modern context, mainly as modern crimes. While there was some branching out--- the Spinnetod was clearly based on the Japanese legend of the Jorōgumo, or prostitute spider--- but for the most part, there was a focus on European stories, particularly Germany (as the show’s title would suggest). Even calling Nick a Grimm, which in the show’s universe is also a type monster-hunting superhuman, reinforces this.

But from the second season onward, the show began to pull from other, Non-European folklore. The writers start pulling from Latino folklore and Native American folklore--- Coyote, the Mishipeshu, El Cucuy, and La Llorona were some of the more notable ones. Then the writers began to add more, until even Filipino, Japanese, and Indian folklore were being used or referenced. The conflict also expanded; instead of just Nick dealing with a corrupt family of European royals, the show focused on a global uprising of Wesen, with cells of monster terrorists and monster/human federal agents battling all over the world, with Portland just becoming the spot where they wanted to start spreading their political influence. Even referring to the monsters by a German term--- “Wesen”--- seems like an artifact of the first season. Why do the Japanese-native Kitsune and Inugami refer to themselves as Wesen? Surely the term “Yokai” would be more appropriate, but Wesen seems to be the accepted term for their kind in the West.

That being said, the expansion to a more worldwide setting does open many story possibilities, not necessarily tied back to Nick and his friends. What do Japanese Grimms do? What is going on with Wesen in Zambia, or other parts of Africa? Do the trolls of Norway still oppose the churches built on their lands, or have many of them converted in the hope of attaining salvation? These are many questions that the show won’t be able to answer in its last few episodes, but there is already a foundation for them to build on if they want to expand more in the near future.

That’s not to say the lack of retellings has affected the show; it’s just that now many of the episodes focus on introducing a different creature and seeing how it will work in a modern context, without being tied back to a specific fairy tale. It’s still entertaining all the same, though.

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