The Evolution of Wednesday Addams

why are you dressing somebody died wait welcome to Ms Mojo and today we're discussing the evolution of Wednesday Addams not a hugger got it please excuse Wednesday she's allergic to color for this video we'll be looking at how the character has changed over the past 80 plus years from The New Yorker to Netflix do you have a favorite Wednesday Adams let us know in the comments a child full of Woe The Adams Family first appeared in cartoonist Charles Adams's 1938 comic strips for the New Yorker the characters weren't always together but by the 1940s they were established as the strange Clan none of them had names until they were brought to life on screen in the 1964 sitcom the house is a museum when people come to see them they really are the scream The Addams Family this is when Charles Adams gave them each a name and fleshed out their personalities passionately married couple Gomez and Morticia their mischievous children Pugsley in Wednesday their very tall Butler Lurch Uncle Fester and Grandmama we may have saved the world [Music] do you think we did the right thing the character who would come to be known as Wednesday was drawn as a little girl in a black dress with a white collar and long dark pigtails framing her oval-shaped head her name has Origins that are appropriately mournful and poetic her name comes from a line from my favorite nursery rhyme Wednesday's child is full of Woe you always had a unique perspective on the world Morticia Charles Adams described her as a solemn imaginative child but in the family-friendly sitcom the character was more on the sweet side the first live-action portrayal of Wednesday was by Lisa Loring the adorable six-year-old seen the least weird in her family of weirdos but she still donned the black dress and pigtails spoke very matter-of-factly and had strange interests like beheading dolls it's Marie Antoinette Grandmama told us about the French Revolution and paxley chopped off her head many of these attributes would follow the character throughout her various iterations of course loring's Wednesday is best known for her scene showing Lurch how to dance in season 2. she also taught the lumbering Butler ballet in the first season [Music] calling pop culture super fans everywhere do you love to argue with watchmojo's top 10 ranks introducing watch Mojo's first and very own party game bring your superpowers to the table and fight for your pick to be at the top of the list it's all the fun of the comment section but in real life cartoonish and colorful The Adams Family ended after just two seasons but the kooky Clan returned in animated form in 1972 when they appeared in the new Scooby-Doo movies that guy leading us where have I seen his face before and some nightmare many of the original cast voiced their characters but Cindy Henderson took over as Wednesday really that sounds like fun the episode titled Wednesday is missing sees Mystery Ink searching for the little girl while babysitting at the Adams spooky Mansion oddly she wore a pink dress and had a noticeably cheerful attitude however she kept her pet spider Homer from The 1960 sitcom and continued beheading her dolls but how did you wind up in this room when the lights went out somehow this chair I was in got levitated up here in the 1970s Hannah Barbera made The Adams Family more kid-friendly in a self-titled cartoon series on NBC instead of their regular Mansion the family traveled around in a Victorian style RV everyone maintained a colorful wardrobe similar to what they wore in the Scooby-Doo episode including Wednesday's Sunny demeanor look it's a little girl she's not spooky but The Addams Family were never as vibrant as they were in their 19 92 animated series Debbie derryberry lent her voice to this iteration of Wednesday who wore a blue dress with red tights parental units I present my artistic masterpiece iced Pugsley still aimed at younger audiences the Adam's ghoulishness was decidedly toned down Wednesday enjoyed torturing Pugsley but was surprisingly affectionate at times she was Lively and expressive and more mischievous than she was devilish now try it my little Abomination let's go Papa foreign [Music] after an absence in the 1980s The Adams Family re-entered the Zeitgeist returning to their Macabre roots in director Barry sonenfeld's 1991 live action dark comedy and eleven-year-old actress Christina Ricci cemented Wednesday Adams as a true goth icon where's your costume this is my costume I'm a homicidal maniac they look just like everyone else she spoke in a monotone voice delivering deadpan one-liners and had a penchant for terrorizing Pugsley who was now her younger brother Pugsley sit in the chair why so we can play a game foreign God gone we're the zany child like Shenanigans the siblings preferred much more Sinister schemes is that for your brother I don't think so rinichi portrayed Wednesday with the solemnity that Charles Adams had in mind perhaps making her a touch darker in the 1993 sequel Adams Family Values Wednesday went from a supporting character to one of the leads don't you want to help me realize my vision your work is Purell and under dramatized you lack any sense of structure character or the Aristotelian unities her intimidating level of knowledge and disturbing fascination with death only grew with age as a child Richie had already established Wednesday as an unconventionally Wicked little girl from a bizarre subversive family but as a preteen she became an individual separate from her family literally what's Chippewa it's an old Indian word it means orphan after trying to get rid of their new baby brother pubert she and Pugsley spent most of the movie at Camp Chippewa among perky normies Wednesday look at all the other children they're freckles their bright little eyes their eager Friendly Smiles helped Christina ricci's performance showed Wednesday Adams as an actual child of Woe something previous incarnations were lacking she set the standard by making the character her own and is the version most people are familiar with I'll never forget you you won't you're too weird in 1998 a direct-to-video movie Adams Family Reunion was released with an entirely different cast and even though the film was poorly reviewed it led to a short-lived TV series called the new Adams Family that same year I found that exposure predictable and we're two tests really I gave it two thumbs up Nicole fuger stepped into the role of Wednesday for both projects it's a tough act to follow but the actress maintained the darkness of Richie's portrayal first one to score [Music] foreign up and toned down while Wednesday Adams has mainly been portrayed as an adolescent over the years a grown-up Lisa Loring reprized her role in the 1977 TV special Halloween with the new Adams Family however it was the 2010s that offered multiple older versions of the character I stage let it out in Spring 2010 Broadway welcomed The Adams Family musical to the stage the first performer to play Wednesday was Crystal Rodriguez who won the 2010 broadway.com audience award for favorite breakthrough performance the production wasn't based on any on-screen adaptations but rather the original New Yorker comic in a very similar plot to Hotel Transylvania an 18 year old Wednesday introduces her Eccentric Family to her very normal boyfriend and his parents [Music] [Applause] [Music] Gomez and Morticia are concerned over their daughter's desire to live a normal life getting rid of her pigtails and ditching black for bright yellow dresses the Broadway show put on over 700 performances before coming to a close in December 2011. I'm feeling happy I'm feeling sad a little childish a little dad in 2013 after writer Melissa Hunter debuted a 13-episode web series called adult Wednesday Adams with hunter in the title role the series followed Wednesday living on her own in Los Angeles interacting with regular angelinos calling out sexist behaviors and generally making people feel uneasy I'm definitely interested yay is there anything else you'd like to know about me are you gonna murder us in your sleep she received International praise for the season 2 episode Wednesday versus cat callers however Hunter was forced to end the series due to a copyright violation relax we'll be gone in a moment I will it's all about Wednesday following in the footsteps of Adam's Family Values the 2019 animated feature The Adams Family made a teenage Wednesday a vital part of the plot I don't think you understand I'm not locked up in here with you Bethany you're locked up in here with me voiced by Chloe Grace Moretz this Wednesday went back to basics with a likeness similar to Charles Adams's original drawings a notable aspect of her appearance is that her signature pigtails are styled like hangman nooses at the end moretz's Wednesday is heavy on The Melancholy sharing some of Richie's dryness but mainly speaking in a wistful almost poetic voice living under this roof is all the torment you'll need besides our parents have made it clear that the only way to be accepted in this family is to be exactly like them I can't play by those rules anymore in the first movie Wednesday is a fish out of water in a new school where she makes a new friend in Parker the two change up their styles to rebel against their moms and Wednesday experiments with pink much too morticia's horror and not in a good way this is my new look do you like it I do not like it everyone knows Pink as a Gateway color I warned you about sending her to public school four years Tim Burton was connected to an Adams Family project but it was never realized but when writers Alfred Goff and Miles Miller approached the legendary filmmaker with a series revolving around Wednesday he came aboard Tim season Silva's an outsider I think there's an affinity to the character of Wednesday that he's always loved you look back at his movies there are characters like Wednesday I think this is kind of a dream come true for him to really explore that character premiering on Netflix in November 2022 the record-breaking series was an instant hit with audiences this is largely due to Jenna Ortega's widely praised performance as a 16 year old Wednesday Adams attending boarding school after a violent prank gets her expelled from Normie school people keep randomly smiling at me out there it's unsettling it's called having your moment this iteration is a fully realized character with a range of emotions and while her overall vibe is still aloof she's forced to deal with the unexpected as she's thrown into a new environment and a murder mystery as much as it pains me to admit you were right mother I think I'm going to love it here like Moretz Ortega's Wednesday is also at odds with her mother trying to get out of her Shadow and create her own path her wardrobe stays true to the character while giving her a Modern Edge with sneakers and hoodies come see me coming across the street you're not scary you just kinda key I prefer spooky she's extremely intelligent and has several Hobbies like fencing playing cello and writing a novel not to mention psychic abilities and for the first time in the history of The Adams Family Wednesday is portrayed as latinx which was previously only represented by Gomez you are the reason I understand how imperative it is that I never lose sight of myself so as far as fatherhood goes I would say you've been more than adequate Jenna Ortega continues to portray Wednesday Adams as the gloomy goth girl with a biting wit previously established by Christina Ricci who also appears in the series as a teacher many came before her but we know Ortega's more than capable of carrying the legacy of Wednesday on her perfectly postured shoulders taking the Beloved character to new heights better die do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from mismo Joe and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos [Music]

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Length: 14min 1sec (841 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 09 2022