Re:Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered
by byteface on Friday May 08, 2026 @04:21AM
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He's is selfish. Also cruel but funny, very gullible, often impulslive... alive.
He was ported to Russian too but they called him Burattino (Italian for 'puppet').
The image of burratino goes back hundreds of years before the story was ever written. He was one of the Zanni characters alongside other lower-class mischevious, comedic 'naughty' (anti-authority) characters like Harlequin.
Re:Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered
by gobdovan on Friday May 08, 2026 @06:04AM
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As a Romanian child, I saw both Pinocchio and Burattino plays, but somehow never made the connection! This is quite interesting. Burattino was akin to a comedy to me, Pinocchio was like a drama.
He was ported to Russian too but they called him Burattino (Italian for 'puppet').
The image of burratino goes back hundreds of years before the story was ever written. He was one of the Zanni characters alongside other lower-class mischevious, comedic 'naughty' (anti-authority) characters like Harlequin.