Wednesday, the series produced and directed in part by Tim Burton, goes from record to record! After beating Season 4 of Stranger Things as the best start in the history of the platform for an English-language series, the fiction about the eldest daughter of The Addams Family has just achieved new feats. Indeed, after having reached one billion hours of viewing, Wednesday has officially become the third series seen by Netflix subscribers. “The Wednesday series starring Jenna Ortega surpassed 1 billion hours watched with a total of 1.02 billion hours watched, ahead of the third title to reach that milestone in its first 28 days on Stranger. Things 4 and Squid Game”, the platform said. While waiting for the renewal from the streaming giant, find out where the origin of the first name Wednesday, heroine of her own series, comes from!
The origin of the first name Wednesday, heroine of The Addams Family, finally unveiled
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To find the name of the eldest daughter of the most sinister family in history, Charles Addams, creator of the iconic tribe, was inspired by the nursery rhyme Monday’s Child, by an unknown author. In this music, we can hear that “Wednesday’s Child Is Full of Misfortune”. A phrase that reflects very well the personality and life of the heroine today. Here is an excerpt from this nursery rhyme first published in 1838: “Monday’s child is beautiful in face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child is full of misfortune, Thursday’s child still has a lot to do, Friday’s child loves and gives , The Saturday child works hard to earn a living, And the child born on the Sabbath day is beautiful, cheerful, good and cheerful.”
How did Charles Addams define the first names of other family members?
Regarding the matriarch, Morticia Addams, her name was inspired by the title given to the profession of undertaker. For the father figure of the Addams family, Charles Addams hesitated between two names: Gomez and Repelli. Eventually, he allowed actor John Astin to choose his hero’s first name, thus opting for Gomez. Wednesday’s brother, meanwhile, was originally going to be called Pubert, a reference to the word puberty, to refer to his age. Due to the different connotations associated with this word, Charles Addams opted for Pugsley. However, the name Pubert was later given to a third Addams Family child in the film. Addams Family Valuesreleased in 1993. As for Wednesday, the heroine of the Netflix series, has already inspired a couple of parents to give this name to their child, being the subject of mockery on the Internet.
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