Wednesday (of the Adam’s Family; Netflix 2022-)- Outcasts, werewolves, vampires, sirens and other dark creatures need an education too! A monster (beyond the students), a murder mystery at Nevermore Academy.
Edit: Finished the season, after this post, thumbs up.
My intent is not to ping on Jenna Ortega unfairly. She was tasked with playing a character who keeps hers emotions tightly in-check, who goes through an entire story (so far) with one expression, never blinking, actually bravo for that, yet it feels a bit one dimensional which I imagine was the assignment. However it gets old after 5 episodes where we are at. You can decern though her actions who she likes and dislikes while projecting an anti-social, loner, robot like quality. Data (StarTrek) with his emotion chip turned off has more personality.
However, I won’t say I dislike the portrayal, as I said, I think she is doing exactly what she was tasked to do, to portray this character, I just have not warmed up to her. And the story is interesting enough to hold my wife and I’s interest, but it is fair as this review describes it as goth Wednesday a variation on Hogwarts, with a continuous stream of droll observations coming from the main character, but little bite in the story, even as multiple people have been murdered.
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Edit: Finished the season, after this post, thumbs up.
My intent is not to ping on Jenna Ortega unfairly. She was tasked with playing a character who keeps hers emotions tightly in-check, who goes through an entire story (so far) with one expression, never blinking, actually bravo for that, yet it feels a bit one dimensional which I imagine was the assignment. However it gets old after 5 episodes where we are at. You can decern though her actions who she likes and dislikes while projecting an anti-social, loner, robot like quality. Data (StarTrek) with his emotion chip turned off has more personality.
However, I won’t say I dislike the portrayal, as I said, I think she is doing exactly what she was tasked to do, to portray this character, I just have not warmed up to her. And the story is interesting enough to hold my wife and I’s interest, but it is fair as this review describes it as goth Wednesday a variation on Hogwarts, with a continuous stream of droll observations coming from the main character, but little bite in the story, even as multiple people have been murdered.
Wednesday review: For a show about vampires and werewolves, this Gen Z-baiting drama has very little bite
2/5 Jenna Ortega leads the cast of Netflix’s latest addition to its supernatural teen show canon
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