Wednesday mostly leaves out the young love subplot central to other teen shows — and is better for it.
On paper, the new Netflix series Wednesday appears like any other spooky high school drama and could have very well gone the route of other famous werewolf/vampire teen fare. However, this series, which follows the iconic Addams Family daughter as she attends a school for outcasts, mostly leaves out the young love subplot central to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, or The Vampire Diaries.
Wednesday Rejects Any and All Connections Early in the Show With brutal wit, Wednesday Addams, played by Jenna Ortega, undermines everything from public education to the “soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation” that is social media, but chief above everything else is her disdain for socializing and romance. "I'll survive alone. I always have."
By some cruel design, in order to uncover more about a prophecy with her at its center, she is also forced into a handful of romantic situations that come straight from the high school television playbook. From uncomfortably stiff dates to a formal dance, Wednesday must endure a series of entanglements that ultimately lacks dimensionality. However, this ineffective love triangle might just be the intentional byproduct of the writers' devotion to Wednesday's strong disposition.
The least obvious entry on the list of characters that bring Wednesday full circle is Gwendoline Christie as Principal Weems. She consistently disapproves of Wednesday's behavior and interferes with her efforts to uncover the truth. Furthermore, an unresolved childhood feud between Weems and Wednesday's mother, Morticia Addams, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, fuels the headmaster to project an undue grudge onto Wednesday that only grows throughout the season.
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