[nickcarraway]

[No name given]

We’ve already got Pinocchio in the White House.

[Born in 1950]

Peterson breaks down the story of Pinocchio with his usual profound insights.

[tet68]

If Joenocchio had a wooden nose it would be three feet long!

Dr. Jill would be using it as a sex toy...

[Fiji Hill]

The first reaction is “such surprise at how different it is from the Disney version—and how much they prefer the original version.

That's typical of Walt Disney. He would take a classic story like Felix Salten's Bambi: A Life in the Forest and proceed to make hash of it. I loved the movie Bambi when I saw it as a kid. But when I saw it again as an adult, I absolutely hated it for the way it distorted the original story.

By the way, if you want to read Bambi, read the translation by Whittaker Chambers--yes he's that Whittaker Chambers--from 1929.

[Bratch]

ping

[jacknhoo]

“Disney and Netflix are both in the process of producing new versions. “

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Oh boy, now Pinocchio is going to have a mental disorder and believe he’s a girl instead of a real boy.

[Fiji Hill]

“C’era una volta…
– Un re! – diranno subito i miei piccoli lettori. No, ragazzi, avete sbagliato. C’era una volta un pezzo di legno."

(Once upon a time there was...
--a king!--say my little readers immediately. No, kids, you were wrong. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.)

--Carlo Lorenzini, 1881

[Albion Wilde]

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