“Gomez Addams Was A King. Why Can’t All Men Be Like Him?”

I forgot how much I dig The Addams Family until Twitter reminded me that Gomez Addams is the perfect male role model, for husbands, for fathers, and just for living life. So, with all that in mind, I decided: Why not celebrate Gomez on The Addams Family‘s 30th anniversary? (11/26/21.)

This was fun to write, for both the joy of revisiting The Addams Family but the duty of thinking hard about what manhood means to me in 2021. Also, Raul Julia? One of the best.

You can read my full feature over at Mic.

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