Woke mob slams Tim Burton's Netflix series Wednesday for casting black actors ... trends now
A woke mob has branded Tim Burton's hit Netflix Addams Family reboot racist for casting black actors as bullies.
The show Wednesday - which has racked up a record-breaking 341.2 million viewing hours, beating Stranger Things to Netflix's top spot - stars Latina actress Jenna Ortega as the titular character, and features black actors Joy Sunday and Iman Marson as bullies.
Marson's character, Lucas Walker, is also notably the son of a corrupt mayor who owns Pilgrim World, a museum and theme park celebrating colonizers.
The portrayals led to a frenzy on social media, with claims that the show is racist for starring black actors as villains.
One Twitter user named Jack wrote: 'Tim Burton casts black people finally and makes them pilgrim villains. Y'all can't tell me that man isn't insufferable and racist as hell in real life.'
Another Twitter use with the handle Luffyslover said she was glad the show stars a Latina, but condemned the portrayal of the black characters.
'Don't get me wrong…I love Jenna Ortega and that she's playing Wednesday but one thing I hate about this show is that why did they make ALL the black people in this show terrible people,' the disgruntled Twitter user wrote. 'Like how did Netflix see nothing wrong with this? I hate Tim Burton's racist self.'
A Twitter user with the handle Shinyfluff echoed the criticism, tweeting: 'Why is the the Black girl in Wednesday's school an aggressive bully tho? hmmm tim burton is a known racist..... no surprises there.....'
Another Twitter user with the handle Zoinks, said they wouldn't even give the show a chance because of Burton.
'Was excited for the Wednesday Adams show until I found out Tim Burton directed it :/ we can't just have nice things, racists always have to stick their grubby little hands in everything.'
Not everyone was so convinced that having black bullies in the show made it racist, with many nothing that the characters themselves change
