490 - Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Is that a tree branch on your face, or are you just lying to me? An extra-long</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Gobbledygeek</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">season finale takes root with a discussion of Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson’s new stop-motion adaptation of</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pinocchio</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Paul and Arlo discuss the numerous ways del Toro has made Carlo Collodi’s immortal tale his own, chiefly by making it a study of mortality–oh, and fascism too. The boys rave about Ewan McGregor’s take on the Cricket, the awe-inspiring puppetry and animation on display, and Arlo’s pot-addled epiphany. Plus, tributes to Angelo Badalamenti and Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, as well as a look at the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">trailer.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">NEXT: happy holidays, y’all. We’ll be back in 2023.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><strong>BREAKDOWN</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">00:00:45  -  Intro</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:17:18  - </span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">02:10:16  -  Our brief, incomplete list of Best of 2022</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">02:33:17  -  Outro / Next</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>LINKS</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><a href= "https://www.ign.com/articles/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-reconceptualizes-what-it-means-to-be-a-real-boy"> “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Reconceptualizes What it Means to be a ‘Real Boy’”