Recently, the American TV series " Wednesday ", a reboot of the "Addams Family" series of movies, has been a hit, but it has also been controversial.
is different from most sweet and sunny heroines, this time the balance of fate is tilted to the other side of the light.
Wednesday is a girl with antisocial personality, dark and stubborn character, but also quite rational and intelligent.
"Wednesday" 2022 | The heroine Wednesday Adams
This exciting heroine setting is undoubtedly exciting, not to mention that the embodiment of cold wisdom is a girl with double braids. However, the controversial point is also here.
"Wednesday", which reaps the dividends derived from the IP of "The Addams Family", does not fully interpret the tone of the niche Gothic culture of the previous work, and the characters of the key characters are almost collapsed.
"The Addams Family" 1991
However, if you break away from the previous work and look at it from the perspective of watching the drama alone, "Wednesday" can be regarded as a good dark campus feminist drama. The drama version of
also has its own unique perspective and aesthetic in terms of lens language and scene creation. Compared with the complete niche Gothic culture, it is more in line with the current dark aesthetic of mass commercialization.
"Wednesday" 2022 | Heroine Wednesday Adams
Today let's talk about the feminine charm and natural power represented by the women of the Adams family, who are not restricted by style and age.
" The Values of the Addams Family " 1993 | Christina Ricci
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Gothic and mysterious love: "Addams"
The most touching thing about "The Addams Family" is not the recognition brought about by its uniqueness, but the family, friendship and love hidden behind the gothic mystery.
The dark Gothic aesthetic and the behavior influenced by this culture, constitute the Addams family's interests and hobbies full of respect and harmony, as well as an ideal relationship of health and happiness.
looks bad but is actually the opposite. is harmonious but different, which is the core of the character's emotional soul.
"The Values of the Addams Family" 1993
For example, when a family welcomes a newborn, the boys and girls look forward to the gender of the child according to their own gender. But my father only cares that he is a member of the Adams family, and gender is only an accessory characteristic of the family.
has such an enlightened father, and the love between the hostess and the male host is nothing more than a textbook example of a loving couple.
As the style representative of the beauty of the Adams family, hostess Morticia Adams is also a classic and timeless Gothic queen.
looks dark and gloomy at first glance, but in fact behaves elegantly and gently, even full of uncompromising maternal glory.
Although she is a cold and beautiful lady, her beauty still retains a sense of pure innocence. Actor Anjelica Huston herself has sharp facial features and three-dimensional bones, but because of the support of her square jaw, her atmospheric background cannot escape.
Therefore, behind the seemingly crazy and weird behavior is the ever-changing elegance.
Lady Morticia’s famous film and television scenes are due to her special eyesight for character creation.
This kind of lighting method is not uncommon in gothic horror movies, but there are very few that fit the beauty of the character so well. It instantly injects soul into the two-dimensional paper man.
It is precisely because of Angelica and her predecessor Caroline Jones such dark and charming beauties that they have set an excellent example for the presentation of future Gothic beauties, and also influenced the aesthetics of future generations.
The characteristics of big eyes and high forehead not only interpret the cold hostess, but also resemble the adult version of her daughter Wednesday.
"The Addams Family" 1964 | The hostess is played by Carolyn Jones
HIGHSNOBIETY 2022 | Billie blockbuster
The daughter Wednesday interpreted by Christina Ricci is the originator of BRF's Lolita syndrome.
The so-called BRF is the abbreviation of Bitchy Resting Face.
can be simply understood as "born with bad face syndrome". They always look indifferent and disdainful for no reason.
The cool thing about Wednesday’s character design is that ’s childlike face and mature thoughts beyond his age, merges into an early gothic lolita-style feminist representative.
In the movie Dark Wednesday, the control group girl is a typical child from other families. has the romantic beauty of a girl's sweetheart, but also has the aggressive utilitarianism. She is a very typical American mean girl.
The daughter is the control group, and the mother is also the control group. Here you can see the differences in educational thinking in different cultural environments. also embodies the values of the Addams Family in the details.
"Addams Family Values" 1993
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Anti-social cool heroine: "Wednesday"
A girl with black hair and double braids, dark eyes and a big forehead, is the image and soul of Wednesday.
Three versions of Wednesday
Snow-white skin wrapped in all black Gothic lolita makeup is the soul of style. Unsurprisingly, imitation makeup will become a popular trend on social media on Wednesday.
Although it is just a simple black and white contrast, the style details are not monotonous and mixed with some religious beauty.
Lace, satin, velvet and other materials will enrich the texture of black. The design of hollow carvings and layered tulle will give black a colorful feel.
Left | Jenna Ortega campaign look
Jean Paul Gaultier FW 2009 | The wardrobe of The Addams Family
is textured and accented in black with sparkling sequined accessories. constitutes a low-key luxury part of Gothic aesthetics, which looks retro but can be everyday.
YSL FW 1982 | Advertising blockbuster
Old version of Wednesday, new version of teacher's actor The Rodarte 2020 FW Gothic dress worn by Christina at the event, was inspired by the famous vampire movie "400 Years Later" and is also a representative of dark aesthetics.
Christina Ricci on the left
Rodarte 2020 FW | Also the Addams Family’s Wardrobe
The biggest controversy between the new and old versions is the change in the weight of the core theme of the story .
It can be seen from the name that the theme has changed from a group drama to a heroine drama, and the story has also changed from a Gothic niche family story to a campus feminist version of "Detective Conan".
official poster comparison
Not only the core soul collapsed, the casting is also quite controversial.
Although the male protagonist is the more proactive one in parents' love, he is not a thoughtless "dog licker". The old version's casting had a strong balance of borrowing soul from animation, while the new version's appearance is too abstract.
Comparison of the casting of male and female protagonists
The deviation from the inner to the outer also destined the character of the heroine to collapse.
It can be said that Morticia Adams is the symbol that sets the elegant tone of the family. No matter how surprising her behavior is, she behaves as gracefully as a noble lady of the aristocratic family.
The famous scene of cutting flowers Cutting branches | The look and character are particularly close to each other
The behavior of crushing the roses rudely is impossible for them. This is where the new version of the character collapses.
Catherine Zeta Jones version of Lady Morticia
It is understandable that Zhuyu had difficulty in not copying her acting skills and establishing her character at the same time,but the dark and seductive charm is not obtained by fierceness but a hint of gentle beauty is more appropriate.
That is the calmness, gracefulness, and faint hint of madness that belong to the hostess.
The collapse of the hostess's personality led to the deterioration of the mother-daughter relationship with her daughter Wednesday. Although the interaction in the old version is not much, it only needs a little to show the concern for the daughter and the Addams family's view on education.
does not always emphasize love, but it reflects love everywhere.
The new version of Wednesday has become a "problem girl" who has a bad relationship with her parents, saying some cruel words that seem profound but somewhat rebellious.
The teacher here is played by the 1993 version of Wednesday | Christina Ricci
The old version of Wednesday Even a girl with BRF facial paralysis has emotions and micro-expressions such as surprise, fear and retreat. In the new version,
has become dark again for the sake of being dark. does have the popularity of contemporary commercialization, but it also reveals a bit of deliberate emptiness like a castle in the air.
The Frightened Girl vs The Cruel Talker
is different from the heroine Wednesday's incomplete but very satisfying character setting. Her control group, the Wolf Girl, is a lively and positive person who represents the bright side. 's character behavior also has a more complete self-logic system.
follows the script of all characters helping the heroine grow into her own complete body. The little wolf girl highlighted in reverse also represents the human side of Wednesday that will be completed step by step.
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Those enlightening classic lines
Although "Wednesday" has various dissatisfaction from the perspective of IP derivative dramas, it cannot be denied that the poisonous tongue and rational heroine is very comfortable to follow.
Before Wednesday, the main heroine on Netflix that made the whole network crazy was Maddie from "Euphoria".
She is a sober and determined female representative, telling girls to be confident. Even if they are just pretending, no one will know. Over time, they will build a confidence system that truly belongs to them.
"Hyper" 2019
It is never a mistake to face up to feminism. The real mistake is to use one kind of thinking to suppress and kill another kind of thinking.
So we can see women’s thinking from different perspectives and values.
Whether it is feeding on love or waiting soberly, the behind any behavior is based on the choice of women after independent thinking, rather than the helplessness coerced by the world.
" Pride and Prejudice " 2005
Although the new version of Wednesday sounds a bit like saying harsh words anytime and anywhere, she does represent women who think independently and save themselves rationally.
It is precisely because she is a Goth girl that highlights what women should look like since they have had their own self since childhood.
Some of those thought-provoking movie lines are based on the needs of artistic creation, while others are denunciations and resistance to changing reality.
The movie "Desert Flower" tells the story of a girl who was mercilessly tortured by circumcision in reality and found the meaning of life in breaking away from the control of patriarchy.
"Desert Flower" 2009 | The collision of two cultural values is also the collision of male chauvinism and feminism
From a desert girl in Somalia to a world-famous top supermodel, this is the true experience of the black girl Wallis Dili.
The actor Leah Kebede is a supermodel from Ethiopian . She broke the tradition of Estee Lauder only using white people as spokespersons. has also become a role model and cornerstone for black women to gain respect and become independent.
"Desert Flower" 2009 | The actor Leah Kebede
is a veritable desert flower.
Regardless of reality or fantasy, no matter what kind of character, or what style, what can truly infect the public is often the words and deeds that conform to the underlying logic of the character's personality.
Whether cowardly, gentle or cold-blooded and strong, each personality has a unique charm, and the words and deeds of these characters from different values perspectives can give people a deep sense of resonance.
No matter what form it takes, sound values will always give birth to batches of outstanding women, thereby creating an environment suitable for everyone to live a healthy life.
Here, is not superior or inferior, only harmonious but different.
"Hyper" 2019
