Not wanting to sound dismissal, but as Italian the real story of Pinocchio is the original story of Collodi's Pinocchio, that we are told and we read since we are little kids.<p>We have old sayings like "the land of toys (il paese dei balocchi) does not exists' or "if you do not study you'll end up like Pinocchio and Lucifer transformed into a donkey" that are directly taken from the book.<p>Also, a very popular adaptation of Pinocchio made for television [1], directed by one of the greatest Italian directors of the renown Italian comedy genre of the time and which is probably the most popular adaptation here in Italy, surely the most accurate, is very blatant about the need for education.<p>p.s. the tv show musical theme was popularized in the 90s by a dance remix [2] that was then remixed in all sort of styles, including techno and gaber<p>When my father was very young he was friend with Nino Manfredi, who plays Geppetto. they were born in two houses two kms apart from each other.<p>[1] <a href="https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_avventure_di_Pinocchio_(miniserie_televisiva)" rel="nofollow">https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_avventure_di_Pinocchio_(m...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://youtu.be/97IYO-P1V18" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/97IYO-P1V18</a>
John Hooper is also the Italian correspondent for The Economist.<p>Now I feel a bit nostalgic for life in Italy after reading that. So many beautiful places, and a lot of very interesting people.
Without the arrogance to provide an expert view of the book, but it seems that the author did follow up the path of Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens to describe the dark side of Italian society at that time.
I would definitely consider drilling down and understand the part of the Italian story
I read fairy tales to my kids a lot from older books. They can be so brutal that i feel the need to skip or modify words while reading.<p>The disney movie pinoccio is grim and the book was even grimmer. But the disney one is also a true piece of art much in the sense of the original as it speaks to the children directly.
Recently an article on Bambi and how different the Disney version is hit the front page.<p>And now this, makes me wonder who the audience of early Disney movies was.<p>Sure they’ve watered down both Bambi and Pinocchio, but they couldn’t have had young children in mind when they decided to adapt such stories.
Love this Jon Solo report on Pinocchio, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGtweb0OS5g" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGtweb0OS5g</a>
Pretty cool, I didn't know it was a series in Italy. From what they said in the article it doesn't seem too far from the Disney version. (Any more than the expected, condensed, Disney way).<p>Jordan Peterson actually really opened up the Disney story of Pinocchio for me, all of it is really quite apt. I could imagine the original is quite amazing.<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Us979jCjHu8" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/Us979jCjHu8</a>