Talk:Pleasure Island (Pinocchio)/@comment-27453419-20160314185640

I read the original story from Carlo Collodi and i loved what Walt Disney did to pleasure island. Walt let it be so much darker because in the original Pleasure Island was just a place with toys and games that kids played in the times of the book and movie,so why kids would turn into donkeys just for play and have fun like normal kids they are?

In Walt Disney's version they are gambling,smoking,drinking,destroying and fighting,things that are wrong to everyone to do. Collodi let very clear: boys turned into donkeys that can talk pull the coach. In a scene from the book a donkey whimp and tries to alert the boys,especially Pinocchio who was riding its back,to go away and the Coachman bite his ears off. I know it was very strong and disturbing but Disney could keep that scene with something less disturbing like the donkey being whipped (he do it the entire scene) just to put it as clear

And other thing that i like about this place and villain that nobody noticed (or just a few people) is the smile he gives when Lampwick dreams about pleasure island. The coachman is my favourite Pinocchio villain (still loving your "Constatinople" dance,Stromboli)