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Nurse Ratched and the Chief down in the psych ward dungeon crack me up. While most people are story characters in other lands and ordinary people in Storybrook, these two characters are story characters IN Storybrook. I wonder if they came from a different magical realm? Fictional Mid 20th Century Oregon?
I wonder what happened to them between the first and second curses? I wonder if they are actually somebody else in the Enchanted Forrest? Interesting to see such a direct reference to a literary work that isn’t a fairy tale.
[adrotate group="5"]Adam & Eddie love their literary references. We saw so much of that in LOST and I’m so glad they brought it over to OUAT.
Our Neal’s name was based on the real life Neal Cassady, who was friends with writers Jack Kerouac. Jack wrote the book On the Road in which he based his fictional character, Dean Moriarty, after Neal Cassady (Dean Moriarty was also one of the name’s on a fake passport used by Ben in LOST).
The real Neal Cassady’s life paralleled our Neal’s life. Both had stolen cars, were thieves, were abandoned by their fathers and led lonely lives that ended in early deaths.
Neal Cassady & Jack Kerouac were also good friends with Ken Kesey, who wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The main character, McMurphy, was also based on the real Neal Cassady.
Love how these literary nods all connect. So many layers on this show that go beyond what the normal viewer sees. 🙂
Keeper of Pandora's Box & The Yellow Brick Road.
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