For some "Wednesday" viewers, it feels like Tim Burton purposely chose to cast Black actors as the show's main antagonists — with many feeling the move was calculated and extremely racist. As a result, fans have been taking to social media to voice their outrage.
On Twitter, one person said: "Me trying to badly to push pass the racist and anti-Black undertones in the Wednesday Addams Netflix show." Another upset user wrote: "I really wanted to like it but I think it's unforgivable that all the Black characters are either bullies or morally compromised. And why is Wednesday hostile towards them? Wtf. What kind of ridiculous writing is this?"
The casting choices, specifically, that viewers are most upset about pertain to New York-born actor Joy Sunday — who plays resident mean girl Bianca Barclay at Nevermore — and Hollywood newcomer Iman Marson, who plays a local bully. While choosing Black actors to portray the bad guy roles in "Wednesday" is terrible enough for many viewers, there's something else about Marson's character and his family that's fueling even more online backlash.
