Wednesday Addams is Just Another Settler - Electric Literature
WEBNov 22, 2017 · Wednesday, smug as a pardoned turkey, strikes a match. I didn’t belong, because I was going to be Native the next day, too, and every one after. After the pageant, having proven themselves the outcasts, through with their revenge and accountable to no one and no place, Wednesday and Pugsley go home.
Wednesday Addams’ Thanksgiving Speech Reminds Us About …
WEBNov 21, 2018 · Our land was stolen from Native Americans, who were forced into lives of poverty and separation so that the European influence could flourish. That’s a hard thing to reconcile with,...
Wednesday Addams - Wikipedia
WEBWednesday Addams is a 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.
Wednesday Addams’s Thanksgiving Speech, Explained - Distractify
WEBNov 21, 2023 · While at camp, Wednesday is cast as Pocahantas in a Camp Pageant called A Turkey Named Brotherhood. This leads to what we now know as the iconic Thanksgiving speech in Addams Family Values, during which Wednesday stands up for the outcasts and the Native Americans.
Wednesday Addams (Christina Ricci) Native American Dress | ADDAMS …
WEBWednesday Addams’ (Christina Ricci) Native American dress from the production of Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1993 comedy sequel Addams Family Values. The Addams family are threatened when their beloved uncle Fester is targeted by a gold-digging new love, a black widow called Debbie (Joan Cusack).
'Addams Family Values' Thanksgiving Message Means More Than …
WEBOne of Addams Family Values ’ most beloved scenes is the Thanksgiving-themed play in which Wednesday and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) are forced to participate during their stay in the unbearable...
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WEBNov 21, 2022 · Wednesday, who plays a Native American character, rightfully thwarts the production by going off script and openly disagreeing with her camp’s portrayal of the holiday and its history.
A Monologue from the film Addams Family Values by Paul …
WEBWednesday Addams is forced to join a play during summer camp. She plays the Indian in a play about the first Thanksgiving. In a surprise speech, Wednesday Addams gives this funny monologue about Native American-White people relations.
Our Favorite Essays and Books by Native Writers
WEBNov 29, 2019 · “Wednesday Addams Is Just Another Settler” by Elissa Washuta. In an essay born from the image of Wednesday Addams burning down Camp Chippewa, Elissa Washuta reflects on how the loneliness of Thanksgiving is an intersection between her disconnection from the holiday as a Native person and her fundamental sense of isolation.
WEBPanelist, “Generation and Genre: Reading by Native American Women Writers,” Thinking Its Presence: Race & Creative Writing Conference, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, April 2014.