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1 month ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)1 child
I agree, this post is fucking stupid. It wasn't Collodi's intention to parody jewish behavior in Pinnochio's antics. He wrote a cautionary tale for young children, similar to Heinrich Hoffmann's "Struwwelpeter". Most people's understanding of the story comes not from reading the book, or even reading a summary of it, but from watching Disney's severely tamed version of it.
Knowing Walt Disney better than you do, I'm certain he didn't do that. It wasn't his style to do anything that passive aggressive. He had good reasons for not liking jews, but he also had good reasons for continuing to employ them, even after the studio strike.
But knowing Walt Disney, that's probably exactly what he had in mind.