Is Tim Burton racist for casting decisions in his Netflix series "Wednesday"?

Tim Burton, creator of the Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands movies, recently launched a Netflix series called “Wednesday,” a take on the Addams’ Family character. Said series is now under scrutiny by leftist social justice warriors who are pissed off that Burton cast black actors as the bullies.

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The show is essentially the story of how Wednesday Addams, the female child from The Addams family, got placed in a boarding school for students who have unique abilities. Some turn into mermaids, others turn into werewolves, and Addams has visions and is followed by a walking hand, “It.”

In the series Joy Sunday, a black actress, plays the antagonist at Addams school and actor Iman Marson, plays a bully from the main town as well as the son of the corrupt, also black, mayor.

In the series, the mayor of the town owns a sort-of amusement park called “Pilgrim World.” As noted by New York Post, Pilgrim World is “an eyebrow-raising choice considering the museum celebrates pilgrims and colonizers.”

It’s also important to note that there are bullies and antagonists who are white in the series too, but there’s been no mention of that whatsoever from the critics.

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