{"id":1766065,"date":"2022-12-07T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766065"},"modified":"2022-12-07T10:35:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:35:30","slug":"netflixs-wednesday-director-tim-burton-accused-of-racism-for-series-depiction-of-black-kids-as-bullies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflixs-wednesday-director-tim-burton-accused-of-racism-for-series-depiction-of-black-kids-as-bullies\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s \u201cWednesday\u201d Director Tim Burton Accused of Racism for Series\u2019 Depiction of Black Kids as Bullies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetflixs-wednesday-director-tim-burton-accused-of-racism-for-series-depiction-of-black-kids-as-bullies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766065&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the latest instance of one of the most tired branches of outrage regularly propagated across social media, Netflix\u2019s new <em>Wednesday <\/em>series director Tim Burton has been accused of racism for the sole \u2018crime\u2019 of depicting black characters as less-than-perfectly virtuous.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191707\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fc698963-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wednesday. Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in episode 108 of Wednesday. Cr. Vlad Cioplea\/Netflix \u00a9 2022\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fc698963-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fc698963-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fc698963-1340x891-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fc698963-768x511-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fc698963-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fc698963-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wednesday. Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in episode 108 of Wednesday. Cr. Vlad Cioplea\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/29\/wednesday-star-jenna-ortega-wants-her-latina-character-to-represent-my-community\/\">\u2018Wednesday\u2019 Star Jenna Ortega Wants Her \u201cLatina Character\u201d \u201cTo Represent My Community\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hitting the streaming service on November 23rd, <em>Wednesday <\/em>follows the everyday exploits of the title <em>The Addams Family <\/em> character who, after being kicked out of her high school for violently retaliating against her brother\u2019s bullies, finds herself enrolled in her parents\u2019 \u2018spooky\u2019 alma matter, the Nevermore Academy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191703\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191703\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f96653c7-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wednesday. Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in episode 101 of Wednesday. Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix \u00a9 2022\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f96653c7-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f96653c7-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f96653c7-1340x670-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f96653c7-768x384-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f96653c7-480x240-1.jpg 480w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wednesday. Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in episode 101 of Wednesday. Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though her signature stoicism and penchant for the macabre initially drives a rift between her and her new peers, Wednesday soon (Jenna Ortega) proves herself more amicable than initially assumed when she throws herself headfirst into solving a string of murders which have paralyzed the school.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who are put off by Wednesday\u2019s spooky demeanor are the school\u2019s \u2018queen bee\u2019 Bianca Barclay (Joy Sunday) and the local mayor\u2019s son Lucas Walker (Iman Marson), both of whom start the series out by using their status to bully the new transfer before eventually coming to appreciate her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fb1a9c5c-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wednesday. (L to R) Oliver Watson as Kent, Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay, Johnna Dias-Watson as Divina in episode 101 of Wednesday. Cr. Vlad Cioplea\/Netflix \u00a9 2022\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fb1a9c5c-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fb1a9c5c-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fb1a9c5c-1340x891-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fb1a9c5c-768x511-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fb1a9c5c-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fb1a9c5c-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wednesday. (L to R) Oliver Watson as Kent, Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay, Johnna Dias-Watson as Divina in episode 101 of Wednesday. Cr. Vlad Cioplea\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/06\/14\/batman-returns-director-tim-burton-calls-out-hypocrisy-referencing-batman-forevers-infamous-bat-nipples-go-f-k-yourself\/\">\u2018Batman Returns\u2019 Director Tim Burton Calls Out Hypocrisy Referencing \u2018Batman Forever\u2019\u2019s Infamous Bat Nipples: \u201cGo F\u2013k Yourself\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yet, despite these character archetypes being rather standard for such coming of age tales, the fact that these two characters were portrayed by black actors Sunday and Marson was enough to draw tired accusations of racism against both the streaming platform and \u2013 ostensibly because his was the only name the outraged could easily recognize \u2013 the aforementioned Burton, who helmed the series\u2019 first four episodes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191705\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191705\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fa51578e-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wednesday. (L to R) Iman Marson as Lucas Walker, Tommie Earl Jenkins as Mayor Walker in episode 103 of Wednesday. Cr. Vlad Cioplea\/Netflix \u00a9 2022\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fa51578e-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fa51578e-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fa51578e-1340x891-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fa51578e-768x511-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fa51578e-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9fa51578e-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wednesday. (L to R) Iman Marson as Lucas Walker, Tommie Earl Jenkins as Mayor Walker in episode 103 of Wednesday. Cr. Vlad Cioplea\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhy is the the Black girl in Wednesday\u2019s school an aggressive bully tho?\u201d questioned @ShinyFluffdnd. \u201chmmm tim burton is a known racist\u2026.. no surprises there\u2026..\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191693\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a32483b5.png\" alt=\"@ShinyFluffdnd via Twitter\" width=\"598\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a32483b5.png 598w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a32483b5-300x101.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/O0zhy\">Archive Link<\/a> @ShinyFluffdnd via Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Likewise, @battysoda cried, \u201cmoms making me watch Wednesday and so far all the black characters have been villians. Awesome Job tim you really showed how not racist you are \/sar\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191692\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a30d9956.png\" alt=\"@battysoda Twitter\" width=\"598\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a30d9956.png 598w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a30d9956-300x102.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/5ZSw0\">Archive Link<\/a> @battysoda via Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Going for a reach of Monkey D. Luffy-proportions, @TheHoneyMa asserted, \u201cTim Burton not racist, huh? In Wednesday, the boats in the Poe Cup are named after Edgar Allen Poe stories. The black character Bianca is on the Gold Bug team. The Gold Bug is the only Poe story that features a black character\u2014a particularly dumb slave named Juniper.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191691\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a2f0ec24.png\" alt=\"@TheHoneyMa Twitter\" width=\"598\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a2f0ec24.png 598w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a2f0ec24-300x145.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/lcAPq\">Archive Link<\/a> @TheHoneyMa via Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLove Wednesday, but really caught me off guard that they made a black family the owner of a Pilgrim themed amusement park??\u201d replied @blxckchaosmagic. \u201cand the only two black characters we see with any lines in ep 1 are both hostile\/aggressive bullies for no reason (Bianca still a baddie tho idc I love her)\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191698\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.33-boundingintocomics-638e9bdc7035b.png\" alt=\"@blxckchaosmagic Twitter\" width=\"598\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.33-boundingintocomics-638e9bdc7035b.png 598w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.33-boundingintocomics-638e9bdc7035b-300x163.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/G6t3Z\">Archive Link<\/a> @blxckchaosmagic via Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Further affirming @TheHoneyMa\u2019s perspective, @heyitsdime balked, \u201cBut see when i said this, everyone said i was trying to villainize Bianca because she\u2019s darkskin like Tim didn\u2019t set her up as the mean girl so people could dislike her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s intentional with him,\u201d she accused.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191701\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.34-boundingintocomics-638e9c37835ea.png\" alt=\"@heyitsdime via Twitter\" width=\"598\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.34-boundingintocomics-638e9c37835ea.png 598w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.34-boundingintocomics-638e9c37835ea-300x132.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/kYOCv\">Archive Link<\/a> @heyitsdime via Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some critics were so eager to be angry that they bafflingly (though unsurprisingly) took a reference by Wednesday to the literary concept of the \u2018Monkey\u2019s Paw\u2019 \u2013 essentially when a wish is fulfilled, but at an ironic or disheartening cost \u2013 to be some sort of racist commentary.<\/p>\n<p>As put by one such critic, @gangstag1rl, \u201cWhen wednesday had a line after enid referred to bianca bringing her scarf back and wednesday say \u2018like a monkey\u2019s paw\u2019 or something i paused the damn show and just sat there like ??????????????\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191690\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a2c7508e.png\" alt=\"@gangstag1rl\" width=\"598\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a2c7508e.png 598w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.26-boundingintocomics-638e9a2c7508e-300x132.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/g82oR\">Archive Link<\/a> @gangstag1rl via Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Notably, many of Burton\u2019s detractors were quick to point to his 2016 push back against the concept of superficial, forced diversity in media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNowadays, people are talking about it more,\u201d the <em>Batman (1989)<\/em> director<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/186641-tim-burton-explains-why-miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-features-a-predominantly-white-cast\"> explained<\/a> to Bustle\u2019s Rachel Simon while on the press circuit for his cinematic adaptation of <em>Miss Peregrine\u2019s Home for Peculiar Children<\/em>, which was then facing outrage for its lack of non-white cast members.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191715\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.56-boundingintocomics-638ea13876153-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.56-boundingintocomics-638ea13876153-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.56-boundingintocomics-638ea13876153-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.56-boundingintocomics-638ea13876153-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.56-boundingintocomics-638ea13876153-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.56-boundingintocomics-638ea13876153-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.56-boundingintocomics-638ea13876153-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wednesday. (L to R) Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Director Tim Burton, Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin in episode 101 of Wednesday. Cr. Vlad Cioplea\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThings either call for things, or they don\u2019t,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember back when I was a child watching The Brady Bunch and they started to get all politically correct,\u201d recalled Burton. \u201cLike, OK, let\u2019s have an Asian child and a black. I used to get more offended by that than just\u2026 I grew up watching blaxploitation movies, right? And I said, that\u2019s great. I didn\u2019t go like, OK, there should be more white people in these movies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191712\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.52-boundingintocomics-638ea05713af3-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wednesday. Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in episode 108 of Wednesday. Cr. Vlad Cioplea\/Netflix \u00a9 2022\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.52-boundingintocomics-638ea05713af3-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.52-boundingintocomics-638ea05713af3-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.52-boundingintocomics-638ea05713af3-1340x891-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.52-boundingintocomics-638ea05713af3-768x511-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.52-boundingintocomics-638ea05713af3-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.52-boundingintocomics-638ea05713af3-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wednesday. Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in episode 108 of Wednesday. Cr. Vlad Cioplea\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>All six episodes of <em>Wednesday <\/em>are now streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_191704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191704\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f9e0a682-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wednesday. (L to R) Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair in episode 102 of Wednesday. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix \u00a9 2022\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f9e0a682-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f9e0a682-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f9e0a682-1340x670-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f9e0a682-768x384-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.12.06-01.49-boundingintocomics-638e9f9e0a682-480x240-1.jpg 480w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-191704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wednesday. (L to R) Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair in episode 102 of Wednesday. Cr. 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