Book Vs Movie "Pinocchio" (1940)

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs. Movie:</strong> <strong><em>Pinocchio</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Italian Children’s Novel Vs the 1940 Animated Film</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/MV5BMTU4Mzk3ODIyOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODgyNzk2NjE._V1_.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="458" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos are feeling very Italian in this episode devoted to the famous story about a marionette who wishes to be a real boy when he grows up.</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Adventures of Pinocchio</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Collodi"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Carlo Collodi</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">was originally published in a series of magazine articles in 1881. When it was released as a book, it became a worldwide hit and is one of the most translated books of all time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The story takes place in Tuscany, Italy as Gepetto, a lonely craftsman, finds a piece of wood that talks ad he decides to create a marionette boy to be his son. Right away, his nose grows when he tells a lie and Pinocchio proves to be a handful as a child. He runs away as soon as he is built and Gepetto is arrested for supposedly mistreating him. Pinocchio kills the cricket who tries to warn him about behaving badly! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The plot of this book is next level kooky with killer cats and foxes, talking crickets, fairies, and ‘The Green Fisherman”. It’s amazing, but wow! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1940, Walt Disney Productions presented</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio_(1940_film)"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Pinocchio</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">as their second animated feature (after Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) and though it did