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Jmen4Ever t1_j1xlvc5 wrote

Reply to comment by Dayofsloths in Characters that hold shows back by mranimal2

I think this is fair criticism, but I would say this.

-The show is about Wednesday, and I can see them wanting to make her the focus.

-The basis of the original show and the subsequent movies was the Gomez-Morticia relationship, and they did not seem to really push that.

-The criticism I saw (I know sample size....) seemed to focus on the appearance, and while Julia and Astin were awesome Gomez Adams, they did not "look the part" from the original comics that Guzman does.

Guzman's portrayal in comparison to those is muted, but maybe that was done not to try to diminish Ortega's performance as Wednesday.

I don't know I am just a guy who loved the old show and the movies. I am by no means any kind of professional critic.

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platitood t1_j1xxgry wrote

The look is the ONLY axis where Guzman is a good fit. Very few of the critiques I see are about looks, and yet the responses always seem to bring up looks as if they can debunk the problems by pointing out the non-problem.

He's not dynamic enough.

The biggest problem is that, he and Morticia look like they're faking it. Past iterations have always looked like they couldn't wait to be alone together. These two look like as soon as they're alone they can change into sweats and go to separate rooms to relax.

It's also tricky that G&M have to do the "concerned parent" thing a few times. They skate awfully close to the thin ice of being "normal parents", threatening to put some of the core Addams on the wrong side of the "normal / weird" divide.

As others note, those latter two problems are writing and direction, not casting.

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jhudilluminati t1_j21en5p wrote

Why do people get upset by not liking Wednesday? It’s not a top tier show or anything

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