PCHH on Del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo Del Toro's 'Pinocchio' is about fathers and fascism

Glen Weldon, Aisha Harris, Roxana Hadadi, andCarlos Aguilar

Pop Culture Happy Hour December 9, 2022 

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140371161/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-is-about-fathers-and-fascism

https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2022/12/20221209_pchh_3989b0e7-bc99-4d79-8ca1-a86edeab6eda.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1140371161

Geppetto (David Bradley) and Pinocchio (Gregory Mann) in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.

Netflix

Director Guillermo Del Toro has brought a new take on the classic tale of Pinocchio – the little wooden boy who goes on adventures and learns valuable life-lessons about the dangers of lying, laziness and disobedience. Unlike it's Disney predecessor, this new stop-motion animated film is more faithful to its source material. It's darker, weirder, more emotionally complex – and it's gorgeous to look at.