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    How Netflix’s Wednesday became a pop culture phenomenon

    Dec 14, 2022 4 minutes

    It’s official: Wednesday, the Netflix Addams Family reboot directed in part by Tim Burton, is a smash hit. Just three weeks after its release, the young adult series has racked up a staggering billion hours’ worth of views, a Netflix benchmark surpassed only by Squid Game and Stranger Things 4.

    Consequently, social media feeds have also been clogged by fans () in their best Wednesday Addams cosplay. The children of TikTok have been diligently recreating her Siouxsie and the Banshee-inspired performance, in which star Jenna Ortega’s now-viral choreography to the Cramps’ 1981 cover of Goo Goo Muck may have single-handedly revived Gothic subculture

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