{"id":512618,"date":"2022-11-19T21:23:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T18:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tim-burtons-addams-family-show-is-a-mixed-bag\/"},"modified":"2022-11-19T21:23:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T18:23:28","slug":"tim-burtons-addams-family-show-is-a-mixed-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tim-burtons-addams-family-show-is-a-mixed-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tim Burton&#8217;s Addams family show is a mixed bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a256c370deaa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a256c370deaa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tim-burtons-addams-family-show-is-a-mixed-bag\/#%E2%80%9CTim_Burtons_Addams_family_show_is_a_mixed_bag%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Tim Burton&#8217;s Addams family show is a mixed bag&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTim_Burtons_Addams_family_show_is_a_mixed_bag%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Tim Burton&#8217;s Addams family show is a mixed bag&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Dust off the cobwebs, the Addams family is back.<\/p>\n<p>The latest rendition is the new <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/signup\">Netflix<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u201cWednesday,\u201d a teen high school dramedy with episodes directed by Tim Burton. <\/p>\n<p>Premiering Nov. 23, it\u2019s a supernatural mystery about Wednesday Addams\u2019 time as a student at the boarding school Nevermore Academy, where her parents met and fell in love.<\/p>\n<p>At this institution for \u201coutcasts, freaks and monsters,\u201d cynical goth girl Wednesday (Jenna Ortega, \u201cJane the Virgin\u201d) tries to control her budding psychic abilities; navigate relationships with her classmates and tensions between the school and the local town; deal with her cheerful roommate Enid (Emma Myers); and solve a mystery her parents were involved in two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and there\u2019s a monster too.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jenna Ortega playing a cello. \" class=\"wp-image-24712538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jenna Ortega plays Wednesday Addams. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">VLAD CIOPLEA\/NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jamie McShane as Sherrif Donovan Galpin, Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in &quot;Wednesday.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-24712550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jamie McShane as Sherrif Donovan Galpin and Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in \u201cWednesday.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">VLAD CIOPLEA\/NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her classmates include queen-bee type Bianca (Joy Sunday) and sensitive boy Xavier (Percy Hynes White) \u2014 but as a twist, many of them are werewolves, vampires and sirens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cast is rounded out with Catherine Zeta-Jones as matriarch Morticia Addams, Luis Guzman as Gomez and Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester. Gwendoline Christie (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> of Thrones\u201d) stars as the school\u2019s headmistress, Larissa Weems, who was Morticia\u2019s roommate years ago.<\/p>\n<p>As a tip of the cap, Christina Ricci (who played Wednesday in the 1991 movie \u201cThe Addams Family\u201d and 1993\u2019s \u201cAddams Family Values\u201d) plays Marilyn Thornhill, the \u201cdorm mom\u201d who checks in on the students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Luis Guzma\u0301n as Gomez Addams, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Issac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams in &quot;Wednesday&quot; stand and smile. \" class=\"wp-image-24712573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Luis Guzma\u0301n as Gomez Addams, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams and Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley Addams in \u201cWednesday.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">VLAD CIOPLEA\/NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in &quot;Wednesday.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-24712596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in \u201cWednesday.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Addams family has been the subject of a slew of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> for decades, including comics, other TV shows (such as a live-action series in 1964 and an animated series in 1973) and the \u201990s movies, which also starred Anjelica Huston.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest shock of this eight-episode series is that it\u2019s Burton\u2019s first stab at the franchise. His fingerprints are all over \u201cWednesday,\u201d which brims with his signature mix of the whimsical, the weird and the macabre.<\/p>\n<p>Although the existence of this show seems superfluous, if \u201cStar Wars\u201d and the MCU get to do countless spinoffs about tertiary characters, why not have \u201cWednesday\u201d join the fray?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That said, the show is a mixed bag. While Wednesday is a fun side character in previous Addams family stories, and Ortega plays her with deadpan charm, she isn\u2019t the most riveting protagonist.<\/p>\n<p>It gets tedious to watch someone constantly sneer at everything. And some of the dialogue feels like the show is trying too hard, such as Wednesday saying, \u201cI find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation.\u201d (The show\u2019s creators, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, are \u201cSmallville\u201d alumni.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Adams, Luis Guzma\u0301n as Gomez Addams in &quot;Wednesday&quot; hold hands and smile at each other sitting in a car. \" class=\"wp-image-24712600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams and Luis Guzma\u0301n as Gomez Addams in \u201cWednesday.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-7.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams looking at a disembodied crawling hand in &quot;Wednesday.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-24712683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wednesday-netflix-7.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, and Thing in \u201cWednesday.\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the side characters and the world are fun, and this could usher in a new generation of fans who might not have watched previous versions of \u201cThe Addams Family,\u201d but who want a show that\u2019s in a similar vein of the more recent \u201cThe Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Audiences who are hungry for a well-rounded look at the family might be dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed, since this show is focused on its titular character, with Morticia and Gomez on the sidelines. They do get some scenery-chewing moments, though, with Morticia breathily commenting, \u201cAt least it\u2019s a beautiful day out\u201d during a thunderstorm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWednesday\u201d doesn\u2019t have much to offer to viewers who aren\u2019t interested in high school antics that other shows have done better. But it\u2019s still a treat for those who wondered what Burton\u2019s version of this world might look like.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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