O series record spoken in English with the most hours watched in a week, which was Stranger Things, with 335 million hours watched in the first week, now belongs to the new Netflix series Wandinha, which has had more than 341.2 million hours of views since it premiered, on the 23rd of November.
Wandinha, or wednesday, is a series created by Tim Burton, a factor that greatly boosted the show's popularity, as Burton is responsible for other great successes, such as Corpse Bride, Edward, Scissorhands, Batman (1989) and several others construction.
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Another factor that may have increased the popularity of the series is the discussion that took place on social networks about the Brazilian translations. The protagonist's name is Wednesday, which would be Wednesday in English, but has been translated as Wandinha since the character's first appearance in The Addams Family, in 1991.
The character has the name of Wednesday in reference to a poem called "Monday's Child", from 1938, who says in an excerpt that “the child born on a Wednesday is full of misfortunes and afflictions”. However, the name was translated as Wandinha due to the difficulty of pronouncing the original name.
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Netflix's newest explosive success is a mix of supernatural, mystery, comedy and horror, focused on the character Wandinha - or Wednesday. The premise of the series is that the protagonist was expelled from school after putting live piranhas in her pool as revenge for the boys on the water polo team bullying their brother.
The series also has a highly praised cast, whose protagonist is played by Jenna Ortega. The supporting cast includes Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Riki Lindhome, Gwendoline Christie, Fred Armisen, Christina Ricci and Jamie McShane.
Released on November 23, 2022, the series was very well received by critics and audiences and is available on Netflix streaming.
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