Actually, the Addams Family was filled with Jewish contributors. The late Judith Malina, who played Grandmama Addams in “The Addams Family,” is a Jewish German immigrant, and Dan Hadaya, who played Tully Alford, the evil lawyer who plotted to steal the Addams fortune, was born to a Sephardic Jewish family.
The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the ideal postwar American middle-class nuclear family: an odd old money clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware or unconcerned that other people find them bizarre or frightening. The family members were unnamed until the 1964 television series.
They had no ethnicity that you could tell. When the show was on TV they gave them names and gave John Astin's character the name “Gomez” which is vaguely Spanish. But Addams isn't a Spanish name. It was the name of the creator of the strip.
The other Addamses, including his children, have usually been portrayed as white. Despite the original television adaptation describing the family as having Castilian Spanish heritage, Wednesday sets itself apart by representing the Addams as a family of Mexican descent.
While Wednesday is not explicitly autistic, she is certainly neurodivergent-coded and many autistics, including me, relate to her. She is sharp and talented.
In Wednesday (series), it was shown that in the 1600s, the Addams were of Mexican heritage, living in Jericho, Vermont, in the 1600s.
Morticia was best known for speaking French, but the happy couple could express themselves in many languages. Sometimes they'd converse in Yiddish, Spanish, or Italian.
Gomez Addams : Oohooh, Tish, when you speak French you drive me wild! Speaks some more French, Tish. Anything! Toute allure!
When Raúl Juliá was cast as Gomez Addams in 1991's The Addams Family and its sequel, Addams Family Values, it turned the Addams into a half-Latinx family. The late Puerto Rican actor was the only Hispanic member of the cast, but many Latinx fans still felt represented knowing the patriarch is Latino.
The Addams Family Are Aristocrats
Gomez Addams is descended from Castilian royalty, thereby inheriting a large sum of money to provide to the Addams family net worth.
Pubert Addams is a major character in Addams Family Values. He is the newborn son of Gomez Addams and Morticia Addams, and the baby brother of Wednesday Addams and Pugsley Addams.
While discussing her version of Wednesday Addams in a Netflix featurette, Jenna Ortega shared how important it was for her as an actor of both Mexican and Puerto Rican descent to represent her character's Latine heritage. "Wednesday is technically a Latina character and that's never been represented," Ortega stated.
The Addams Family were created by Charles 'Chas' Addams, a freelance cartoonish born in 1912 to piano executive Charles Huey Addams and his wife Grace M. Spear Addams. It's said that he based Morticia Addams's slinky appearance on his first wife, Barbara Jean Day, whom he married in 1942 until their divorce in 1950.
Background. Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams and mother of Wednesday, Pugsley and Pubert Addams. The character originated in the Charles Addams cartoons for The New Yorker magazine in the 1930s. In the cartoons, none of the family members had names.
Their relationship works primarily because of this trust, as well as their openness, honesty, and a generous amount of shown affection. Morticia and Gomez's romance works because they share a passion that forges a deep connection between them. And, if properly stoked, this connection will only deepen and grow.
The story goes that when Grandmama was ready to find a wife for Gomez, she called up an old friend Hester Frump and arranged for her to bring Ophelia over to meet her son. On this fateful day, Morticia innocently tagged along.
While fans would instinctively know her name and look, they're often unaware of lesser-known aliases her father, Gomez lovingly bestowed on Wednesday, such as: 'My Little Viper' – this one is my favorite as it signals her slyness and ability to surprise opponents even when outnumbered!
Adding more than just make-up to the character, Morticia Addams is always lit separately from everyone else in a scene. Her lighting always consists of one beam of light across her eyes that gradually fades outward to enhance her classic look.
Conversation. Morticia was a lawful dom, Gomez her chaotic sub.
Psychic Visions: Like her daughter Wednesday, Morticia has psychic visions. According to Morticia herself, their shared psychic ability resides on the spectrum of who they are. Given her disposition, Morticia's visions tend to be positive, making her a "Dove."
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
While Wednesday's introverted nature can be one reason for her social resentment, her past experiences point toward unresolved post-traumatic stress disorder.
Despite the fact she has psychic abilities, Wednesday is not a witch and is born to human parents. Although she does have a witch as an ancestor, Wednesday herself appears to only have been an 'outcast' in Nevermore due to her clairvoyance, which comes from her mum, Morticia.
Wednesday Addams is a fictional character from the Addams Family multimedia franchise created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. She is typically portrayed as a morbid and emotionally reserved child that is fascinated by the macabre, often identified by her pale skin and black pigtails.