The Real Pinocchio Story Was Horrific, Unlike Disney Portrayal
The movie whitewashed what the author wanted to convey.
The name Pinocchio is well known amongst people of all ages due to the hit children’s movie from the 1940s “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Disney. The story, as all know (but I’ll still give you a summary in case you don’t), revolves around a puppet of a boy that speaks and behaves like a real boy and learns real-life lessons in his journey.
However the real story of Pinocchio differs slightly from what we have seen on screen and in children’s story books; heck I think most of you might not even know that there exists an original version by C. Collodi — oh wait, you don’t know him either, do you? Well, keep reading to find out more about this old classic!
Meet C. Collodi — the Real-Life Geppetto
In the book and movie, Geppetto is the puppeteer who creates Pinocchio out of wood. He originally only specialized in making cuckoo clocks and did not intend in creating a marionette but when he is given a magical piece of wood, he decides to use it to create a puppet-boy so as not to waste its magic.
Similarly to Geppetto, the original mastermind behind Pinocchio’s character did not intend to write children’s stories (or even…
