I know it’s Tuesday, but today I would like to talk about Wednesday.<\/p>\n
I am referring to the new Netflix series. I just saw the first episode, and I am astonished by how good it is.<\/p>\n
We’re talking Andor<\/i> level good here, and that is very high praise. I am still trying to analyze what makes this show so compellingly watchable, and I think I’m starting to figure it out.<\/p>\n
Of course Jenna Ortega is brilliant in the eponymous role, but it’s more than that. I think it has a lot to do with the way the writers invite their viewers to be part of the meta-fiction at the heart of the Addams universe.<\/p>\n
The appeal of Charles Addams’ cartoons was always that we, the audience, are in on the joke. The impossibly spooky Addams family manages to hold a perfect mirror up to the “normal” society whose norms it is defying.<\/p>\n
Remember that Addams was doing this starting back in 1937. That’s 85 years ago.<\/p>\n
And yet his fundamental point still resonates perfectly today: “Normal” society is incredibly weird. We just don’t care to admit it.<\/p>\n
The creators of this new show have perfectly captured the humor and wisdom of that brilliant insight. Frankly, dear reader, I cannot stop watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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