#the things he said in the interviews for pinocchio are making my blood boil
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Coming back to Tumblr after a really busy and difficult month to find everyone talking about Del Toro's Pinocchio really is something.
I have never in seven years participated in the Discourse but ooh the disrespect for the original novel is testing me.
Anyhow I'm back!! I have lots of writing updates to share (including a new WIP) and I can't wait to catch up on everything!
#i do like del toro really#pan's Labyrinth is one of my favourite movies but like#the things he said in the interviews for pinocchio are making my blood boil#like if you have to approach a novel with such a bad faith reading why even bother!!#all this fuss about pinocchio not needing to change to show he is human#like... guys... guys it's a metaphor omg it has never been about him being made of actual wood and having to turn to flesh#it's a metaphor !! once he learns to approach other with kindess#to be helpful and loving and take his own responsibilities#then he becomes a real boy because relinquishing a bit of selfishness for the sake of the community is what makes us human#plus pinocchio only works within its own very specific historical context#and fascist italy is as far from that as it can get!#it was a cautionary tale for kids (literally the second half of the story exists only because children requested it of collodi)#to spur them into going to school at a time when child labor was the Only thing and parents didn't see the point#of giving their kids an education at the cost of their labour#aaaah#anyway if you ask me about it i might talk more on the subject and i have so many Questions about adaptations and staying true to a story#i saw someone list pinocchio along with grimms fairytales and wanted to cry#like no pinocchio is a whole book there is no pinocchio before collodi it's not an oral tradition that was sanitised
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