The Addams Family is the most refreshing take on the nuclear family unit, submitting a more dark and satirical inversion to the ideal American household for decades. From the Charles Addams cartoons of these unnamed characters in 1938, this sparked an inspiring goth cultured, thoughtful and loving family unit that were quite happy to stay in their own little world onto bigger things. From the small cartoons featured in The New Yorker to eventually spawning TV Series, films, books and even video games; the Addams Family inspired a whole network of finding interest in the unknown, the uncanny, and the downright strange to be deemed as normal.
So let's explore what the the Addams Family and Addams Family Values can truly teach us about being a loving family. What lessons can we learn from their interpretation of the world today?
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