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When the stills came out for Netflix\u2019s Wednesday, I didn\u2019t realize that it was a show primarily about Wednesday.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t get over Luis Guzman as Gomez Addams, and I figured this was just a reboot reimagining of The Addams Family<\/em>.\u00a0 Regardless, the premise seemed intriguing and I had made a note to catch Wednesday when it dropped.<\/span><\/p>\n Having finished the show, I can say that it was overall a fun season of television, that blended nostalgia, a clever plot and pace that gave just enough hints to make you think you know what\u2019s going on, but also so many hints that it makes it difficult to narrow the who done it of the story.<\/span><\/p>\n It was also interesting that the show basically takes a property of most of its target audience\u2019s childhoods, which was always campy, but giving it a much more of a push into an adult territory.\u00a0 As much as the old Addams Family show and movies talked about blood and violence, it was rare that any was actually seen, but that\u2019s hardly the case with Wednesday, which isn\u2019t shy at all about showing both.\u00a0 In a way, it\u2019s kind of like Riverdale<\/em>, re-telling Archie<\/em> comics, but way darker and more grown-up storyline.<\/span><\/p>\n The casting of the show was fantastic, and aside from my fascination with Luis Guzman being Gomez, I think the cast was done well, from all of the Addams to all of the core students that we\u2019re supposed to become invested in.\u00a0 Naturally, the show is centralized around Wednesday, and I had no idea who Jenna Ortega was before this, but I\u2019m sure she\u2019s become quite the household name after this show.\u00a0 I think she did an incredible job of portraying and evolving Wednesday\u2019s character light years beyond the most popular rendition of Wednesday most people remember from Addams Family Values<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n And of course it was fun to try and count how many times she actually blinks in the show.\u00a0 I\u2019ve heard no number higher than seven.<\/span><\/p>\n Atmospherically, the show feels like Harry Potter in setting, but like the title of the post goes, it\u2019s better that it\u2019s not, because JK Rowling is kind of cancelled and it\u2019s nice to have something that feels like Harry Potter without having to be it.\u00a0 All the way down to the borrowed plot device that was originally lifted from Castlevania II<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n The funny thing about the show to me is the fact that the general plot and story of it didn\u2019t actually have to be skinned with the Addams Family franchise at all.\u00a0 Change all the names of the characters and remove all Addams IP, and it would stand alone.\u00a0 Obviously it\u2019s done to give it immediate credibility and ease the need for buzz, but I\u2019m just saying I feel that a show called Friday and featuring equivalent characters with different names would probably be just as enjoyable.<\/span><\/p>\n Overall, it\u2019s a fun and enjoyable show that has a lot of variety of appeal.\u00a0 It\u2019s nostalgia, it\u2019s clever, well acted, and has a pace that doesn\u2019t drag and has an easy to follow linear plot that it\u2019s funny to play guess who as the episodes progress.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m sure future seasons will be in the works if they\u2019re not already renewed at this point, and I think it has the makings of one of Netflix\u2019s more substantial wins over the last few years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When the stills came out for Netflix\u2019s Wednesday, I didn\u2019t realize that it was a show primarily about Wednesday.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t get over Luis Guzman as Gomez Addams, and I figured this was just a reboot reimagining of The Addams Family.\u00a0 Regardless, the premise seemed intriguing and I had made a note to catch Wednesday … Continue reading Netflix\u2019s Wednesday: kind of like Harry Potter without the stink of Rowling\u2019s 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