‘Wednesday’ Debuts Ghastly Thanksgiving Day Parade Float With Pugsley’s Head on a Platter

As a lifelong fan of the macabre and a devout follower of all things Wednesday Addams, I must say the latest news about her Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance has my dark heart pounding with excitement. The morbid float, complete with rotting food and Pugsley on a platter, is just the kind of grim twist I’ve come to expect from this beloved character.


On this Thanksgiving Day, Wednesday Addams might not be its biggest supporter. Nevertheless, her unique charm will grace the Macy’s Parade, thanks to a darkly amusing float from Netflix.

Surrounded by doppelgangers, this float showcases a colossal figure of Wednesday as its ruler, overseeing a mound of decaying food and crawling insects, accompanied by her brother Pugsley who holds his own head on a serving dish. The performance accompanying the float will be a rendition of “Paint It Black” by indie-pop artist Bishop Briggs, echoing the Rolling Stones’ classic tune.

As a fervent opponent of Thanksgiving, I, Wednesday Addams, have always found myself at odds with this holiday. In the 1993 movie “Addams Family Values,” my character, portrayed by Christina Ricci, was given the role of Pocahontas in a summer camp play themed around the season. However, instead of blindly following the script, I chose to use that platform to shed light on the historical injustices inflicted upon Native American communities within the United States.

She declares in the play, deviating from her script, causing unease among the guides, ‘We won’t share a meal with you.’ Your group has seized land that rightfully belongs to us. In time, my people will be confined to live in trailers on reservations. Yours will don cardigans and sip cocktails.

In the first season of “Wednesday” on Netflix, Jenna Ortega portrays a character who works at the Pilgrim World tourist attraction and openly expresses her dissatisfaction with the holiday and its past. Addressing visitors in German, she critiques the ‘authentic’ pilgrim fudge, explaining that it is made using cacao beans gathered by the oppressed indigenous people of the Amazon. She further comments that all profits from these sales are used to perpetuate this unfortunate distortion of American history.

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2024-11-28 20:17