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Rated The Addams Family 6/10

I'm like how this film shows a more human side of The Addams Family than in the 90's live-action films. While those were more entertaining due to generally just being more twisted and deranged, this film takes a different approach. It shows how strange and and times twisted The Addams Family can be, but it shows that at the end of the day, they are human (while the 90's did everything to show that they're not human, but "Addams'" instead). It shows how judgmental they can be, and also how scared they are. They are terrified of the outside world because of how they were treated in the past. The outside world wants to kill them, and Morticia and Gomez want to protect their kids from that, but wow it backfires hard. This film really does a good job of expressing the feelings of minority groups in today's America: very worried, very much under attack, but also hoping that maybe society is finally becoming more accepting. The most important part of this is "Assimilation," which in this film is a literal town right next door. For minorities, like me, people, who often live right next door often want to force minorities to be just like the majority. They want to force black people to "act white" or look whiter with their hairstyles and fashion. They want gay and trans people to just be straight and cis-gender. They promote literal torture such as conversion therapy in hopes it will assimilate minorities to be like the majority. They just want everyone to act and look the same, like Ms. Needler who ran "Assimilation," not caring about the toll it takes on minorities (or in this case, the Addams). Then, if the minorities refuse to assimilate, they must be gotten rid of, like Needler tried to do. There is nothing worse than minorities not only living, which is horrible enough, but minorities unabashedly being themselves and not hiding it at all. It shows how bigots claim that minorities are an "infestation" and trying to destroy "our community". The film didn't stop there. It also serves as a critique of the policing within minority communities, the belief that there's only one way to be black or trans and how damaging it is to those in those communities. How assimilation is something that even happens in minority groups. Another thing that the movie showed decently well is how hatred and bigotry is pushed on social media and it slowly ramping up. I didn't like how the movie implies that bigots can be changed as long as they have exposure to minorities and see their humanity. This is often not the case, but I understand that this is a kids movie, so they had had to have a happy ending. Also, the "Hag Network" gag was hilarious.

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Published 2021-07-26 00:00 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere