“A Girl Has Only One Thing On Her Mind”
A Review of Netflix’s Wednesday
Neatly-kept, long, black, braids are a staple of Wednesday Addams’ original character. Licensed as a promotional image.
Partially directed by Tim Burton, the comedic thriller Wednesday was released on Netflix on November 23, 2022. The chaotic mixture of comedy, horror and fantasy makes watching this show a monstrously good time, for the most part.
In Wednesday, the famous daughter of Morticia and Gomez Addams travels to a magical boarding school called Nevermore. Here, she rushes to solve the mystery of odd deaths around the supernatural school.
Within a week of release, Wednesday seized the title of ‘Most-Watched English- Language Netflix Show,’ topping hits like Stranger Things. Tim Burton is notorious for making gothic-type, witty, dark media like this. His other hit media include Beetlejuice, Big Fish and Edward Scissorhands.
Although the popularity of the show is increasing rapidly, many different opinions are circumnavigating the internet. Some critics, mainly in the goth community have seriously big opinions on how “emo culture” is portrayed.
The Owls’ resident goth girl, Jane Dunbar ‘22, has some strong opinions about the show, “I think she gives all emos a bad name,” says Dunbar. “I feel like all the emos are happy, and she’s not happy, which is messed up.” Wednesday Addams is not just snarky, she’s just plain mean.
Dunbar continues, “I don’t like it at all, I think Netflix is a company with a lot of money, and they still got that dog-looking CGI.” Wednesday’s CGI has been causing some criticism, websites like Game Rant, and Looper suggest that Wednesday’s CGI is its downfall.
Despite the criticism, Wednesday will be renewed for a second season, although the date of release is unknown, fans wait eagerly for the next season.
This year, Jules Conners is an editor-in-chief of The Owl and a junior at Boulder High School. While not writing scathing and scandalous articles about composting, Jules spends the majority of her time on the basketball court playing alongside her all-star teammates. Jules participates in technical theater and is Head of Front of House for Troupe 60. She spends the rest of her free time creating art galleries for the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Jules has changed so much over her past two years at Boulder High; most notably, she now prefers green grapes over red ones. As her second year at The Owl kicks off, Jules’ biggest goal is to positively impact the Boulder High Community through...
