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Little did Pinocchio know<\/strong> as he stood amidst the congregation, playfully mimicking the crucifix with outstretched arms and joined feet, that he would soon be hung on a cross as well.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Guillermo del Toro\u2019s Pinocchio<\/em>, now streaming on Netflix, del Toro has much to say about life, death, resurrection, human identity and the relationship between fathers and sons.<\/p>\n

As the director of\u00a0Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Shape of Water<\/em>, the Academy Award winning filmmaker is well known for his exploration of how our theology is reflected in our relationships. His latest film has been nominated for Best Animated Feature at the upcoming Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

Re-engaging religion through art and story telling<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Del Toro always has had an aversion to violence. He recalls his grandma telling him of the Christian martyrs: \u201cShe\u2019d say, \u2018Then the little boy saw how the missionaries were tortured and boiled.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Thank you, grandma.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Guillermo del Toro<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Growing up Catholic in Guadalajara, Mexico, del Toro deconstructed his faith as a result of\u00a0seeing the violence humans exert on one another. But eventually, he came to a place where he could engage with the images of Christianity in a way that would bring healing from the violence humans and institutions cause.<\/p>\n

He told\u00a0Charlie Rose\u00a0in an interview from 2009 that \u201cI mercifully lapsed as a Catholic,\u201d while quoting the Spanish filmmaker Luis Bu\u00f1uel Portol\u00e9s saying, \u201cI\u2019m an atheist, thank God.\u201d Yet, despite his atheism, he revealed to Rose that he is \u201conce a Catholic, always a Catholic, in a way. \u2026 I believe in Man. I believe in mankind, as the worst and the best that has happened to this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a 2011\u00a0interview\u00a0with Time<\/em>, del Toro explained how he explores the religious tensions in his life through art. \u201cTo me, art and storytelling serve primal, spiritual functions in my daily life. Whether I\u2019m telling a bedtime story to my kids or trying to mount a movie or write a short story or a novel, I take it very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to the stories of the martyrs his grandma told him, he said, \u201cAll that is in Pinocchio.\u201d<\/p>\n

Theology as dialogue about the darkness from a child\u2019s point of view<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Recalling when his mother took him to see Disney\u2019s\u00a0Pinocchio<\/em>\u00a0as a child, del Toro told\u00a0CBC News: \u201cI thought this is how scary it is to be a kid. This is somebody that understands how you can view the darkness from a child\u2019s point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe only thing that can save us is a dialogue with the darker parts of ourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In a moment reminiscent of\u00a0Christianity Today\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>recent\u00a0conversation\u00a0about our collective anger, del Toro said: \u201cHumanity\u2019s sort of in the middle of a massive cosmic tantrum.\u201d But rather than doubling down on retributive justice as evangelicals do, del Toro suggested: \u201cThe only thing that can save us is a dialogue with the darker parts of ourself. Imagination is empathy because it allows you to empty yourself into something that is not that easily accessible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"He believes his take on the classic children\u2019s fairy tale will give space for this dialogue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most thrilling thing for a kid and a parent is dialogue,\u201d he said. Regarding whether his\u00a0Pinocchio<\/em>\u00a0is a children\u2019s movie, del Toro replied: \u201cIt\u2019s not made for them. But they can watch it if their parents talk to them. You\u2019re going to have a conversation about life, death, about parenthood. It actually allows the kid to ask questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

One cannot help but recognize the parallels between del Toro\u2019s exploration of theology as a dialogue about the darkness from a child\u2019s point of view and the way Jews and Christians have engaged theology for 3,000 years. The name \u201cIsrael\u201d means \u201cwrestles with God.\u201d Christians are said to have faith \u201clike a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Bible records the dialogue ancient Jews and Christians had in their wrestling with God and one another, the contending has continued throughout the centuries as theologies evolved over time. No matter how confidently we assert our beliefs, we are all dialoguing as children. The way we talk about the infinite unveils the inner child-like dialogue we are having with the darker parts of ourselves.<\/p>\n

Hierarchical cracking from institutional control<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Comparing fairy tales and horror, del Toro told\u00a0Time<\/em>\u00a0 there are essentially two types of fairy tales. \u201cOne is pro-institution, which is the most reprehensible type of fairy tale: Don\u2019t wander into the woods, and always obey your parents. The other type of fairy tale is completely anarchic and antiestablishment.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another\u00a0interview, he said: \u201cI hate structure. I\u2019m completely anti-structural in terms of believing in institutions. I hate them. I hate any institutionalized social, religious or economic thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reason del Toro hates institutions is due to the control they tend to lord over the vulnerable within their walls. In\u00a0Pinocchio<\/em>, this hierarchical power is demonstrated through clergy with power over the congregation, parents with power over children, employers with power over employees, and military commanders with power over soldiers. Del Toro speaks of \u201cthe dynamics of the sort of ghostly, corrosive parental power that fascism exerts over certain souls\u201d and calls fascism \u201canother paternal story.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAll these forces crack you when you\u2019re a kid and then you spend the rest of your life figuring out how to manage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Institutional control is about those in power expecting perfection from those beneath them on the hierarchy as defined by those at the top. In del Toro\u2019s childhood, he said: \u201cI was always getting that from the church, from the Sunday service, and my grandma. And everybody was pressuring you to shape you. And I think my idea is that all these forces crack you when you\u2019re a kid and then you spend the rest of your life figuring out how to manage.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the dialogue about deconstruction going on in American evangelicalism today, much of the catalyst for leaving institutions has been the cracking we feel from the weight of institutional and pastoral control.<\/p>\n

Expecting perfection, but breaking the rules<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Despite his fond memories of identifying with Pinocchio as a child, del Toro rejects Disney\u2019s original take that emphasized the need for obedience. \u201cI had a sense of otherness, like I didn\u2019t conform to the idea that people had of young boys \u2014 healthy, playing football,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t like the idea of obedience and being something you\u2019re not in order to be accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In del Toro\u2019s hands, Pinocchio\u00a0<\/em>opens with the image of a pine cone and soon shows Carlo offering one to his father Geppetto. But Geppetto rejects the gift, saying, \u201cNo my son. It has to be perfect, complete.\u201d Later, as they walk to church, a group of ladies in the town say Geppetto is \u201csuch a perfectionist.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Geppetto carves and paints the crucifix, Carlo puts another pine cone into a bucket along with the paint for the blood of Jesus and lifts them up to the cross to show Geppetto. When Geppetto congratulates Carlo for discovering the perfect pine cone, Carlo responds, \u201cI thought I could plant it myself and watch the tree grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Gepetto and Carlo exit the church doors, Carlo runs back into the church to retrieve his perfect pine cone, as a war plane drops a bomb onto the church, killing Carlo. As Geppetto looks on in horror, the perfect pine cone gets blown out of the church and falls at his feet.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe scene hints that growth doesn\u2019t come from perfection but happens amidst the imperfections we move through.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The scene hints that growth doesn\u2019t come from perfection but happens amidst the imperfections we move through. So when Pinocchio comes along, he embodies the opposite of perfection according to everyone\u2019s standard. Del Toro explained: \u201cHe is breaking everything. He is asking all the questions. He will not obey. He crushes the cricket. He bursts into church.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a result, Pinocchio and Geppetto \u201care really far apart from coming together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesus breaking the rules, overturning expectations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

One of the most obvious parallels throughout the movie is the connection between Pinocchio and Jesus. \u201cI wanted to have a parallel with Pinocchio being carved of wood,\u201d del Toro said.<\/p>\n

Pinocchio notices his connection to Jesus, mimicking the crucifix and then later asking Geppetto while pointing to the wooden Jesus, \u201cEverybody likes him. \u2026 They were all singing to him. He\u2019s made of wood too. Why do they like him and not me?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Just as Geppetto fantasized the memory of Carlo and, as del Toro puts it, \u201cmade him a perfect son,\u201d many Christians today tend to present an idealized view of Jesus. Conservative evangelicals focus on his \u201cperfect obedience\u201d they believe earned righteousness that can be imputed to our righteousness spreadsheet by faith in his substitutionary work. Yet, they tend to smooth over the rough edges of Jesus, especially in the way he broke the rules and overturned expectations by subverting the institutional power structures of his day.<\/p>\n

Jesus broke their Sabbath and doubled down, claiming humans were not created for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath for humans. He also claimed to have authority over the law by repeating, \u201cYou heard it said, but I say \u2026 .\u201d And in a culture where being high and lifted up meant sitting on a throne and ruling over others, Jesus was high and lifted up on a cross. To the institutions of his day, Jesus was anything but perfect. He was considered a threat, someone who couldn\u2019t be puppeteered.<\/p>\n

We see the cross parallel in multiple places as Pinocchio hangs from a cross at one point condemned to death, and as he floats on a cross in the middle of the sea.<\/p>\n

In a parallel to the temptation of Jesus, Count Volpe shows Pinocchio the city below him and offers, \u201cYou shall see all of the nations of the earth for yourself as they bow at your feet.\u201d But like Jesus, Pinocchio breaks the rules in a way that brings people together rather than grabbing power over them as the political, religious, economic and family institutions would expect of him.<\/p>\n

Del Toro explained: \u201cIf I\u2019m going to make a movie about disobedience being a virtue, what better place to set it than in an invisible sort of string world where everybody obeys except the puppet?\u201d<\/p>\n

Real imperfect sons and real imperfect fathers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cReally the whole movie, including Jesus and God, is about fathers and sons,\u201d del Toro explained. \u201cAnd Pinocchio is sort of a surrogate, imperfect Messiah resurrecting and dying for those that he loves. I think all these wires are crossed in my head and they all make sense in the way they inform each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Volpe is a circus master who becomes a father figure to a monkey named Spazzatura. He is a transactional father figure who values power and sees relationships as based on a retributive justice of accounting.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cI found you at the bottom of that cage in the rain. You were left there to die. Nobody wanted you, and I saved you, rescued you,\u201d he tells Spazzatura. Volpe demands violent loyalty from him because, \u201cI forgave you.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Volpe confronts Pinocchio, he says: \u201cI am the puppeteer. You are the puppet. I am the master. You are the slave. And you will do as I command until your wooden body rots and I use you to warm my furnace. You may have no strings, but I control you. You obey me.\u201d<\/p>\n

And when Volpe believes injustice has occurred, he says, \u201cI demand full restitution before the law,\u201d emphasizing that he needs, \u201cclear accounting all the way.\u201d Then when he hangs Pinocchio on the cross, he growls: \u201cIs our contract worth nothing? I\u2019ll do my part, and you, you will burn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Podesta is a military commander and a father to a boy named Candlewick. He is a violent father who values power and sees relationships through the lens of war. \u201cNo matter who is on the other team, they are your enemy,\u201d he declares. \u201cFollow my orders, learn to obey, and you will be the perfect soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding Geppetto, del Toro said: \u201cWe wanted Geppetto to be really, really full of edges. He\u2019s a drunk. He\u2019s not that super smart. He\u2019s a father that is very concerned with the way everybody looks at him and how Pinocchio makes him look.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Carlo dies, Geppetto stares at his tombstone, not noticing the growing tree. \u201cI\u2019ll make Carlo again out of this cursed pine,\u201d he declares. After creating Pinocchio from the pine, he says, \u201cI made you to be like Carlo. Why can\u2019t you be more like Carlo?\u201d<\/p>\n

Pinocchio replies, \u201cBecause I\u2019m not Carlo. I don\u2019t want to be like Carlo.\u201d<\/p>\n

The echoes of evangelical theology are unmistakable in each of these relationships. Conservative evangelicals preach a gospel like Volpe where a relationship with God is made possible through a retributive justice of accounting, where God\u2019s children are constantly reminded in sermons and songs about their supposedly shameful past, and where church members are controlled by male elders who sacralize their power.<\/p>\n

Christian nationalists, especially with the\u00a0New Apostolic Reformation, view reality as spiritual warfare through political domination.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you go to the Old Testament, God is like Thanos. You get Avengers 6.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In these traditions, Del Toro said, \u201cGod is like a super villain in a Marvel movie. If you go to the Old Testament, God is like Thanos. You get Avengers 6.\u201d<\/p>\n

They all promote a vision of God the Father where God never really sees his children because he sees his perfect son Jesus who died in their place instead. And like Geppetto, the God of the Calvinists is primarily concerned about the way everybody looks at him and how glorious his children make him look.<\/p>\n

Becoming a real father<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The reason so many of us are leaving these religious institutions is because they describe God in ways that look like Volpe, Podesta and Geppetto prior to Geppotto\u2019s transformation.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re asking if it\u2019s at all possible that God might be a real father in ways that reflect tangible healthy relationships.<\/p>\n

Del Toro has explained: \u201cInstead of Pinocchio learning to be a real boy \u2014 which is nonsense, every boy is a real boy, every kid is a real kid \u2014 parents have a hard time becoming a real parent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sebastian Cricket confronts Geppetto: \u201cThe boy loves you. He has much to learn, but he loves you for who you are. Would it kill you to do as much for him? You should start acting like a father. A real father. Not an old stubborn goat who\u2019s so busy moaning and crying about his losses \u2014 me, me, me, poor me \u2014 that he cannot see the love he actually has!\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end, del Toro says Geppetto \u201clearns to be a real father, as opposed to Pinocchio learning to be a real boy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The motherliness of death<\/strong><\/h4>\n

While del Toro recalls that his father was \u201csuper by the numbers,\u201d he said his mother was \u201cweird\u201d and \u201cthat was my salvation.\u201d Even though she always encouraged him to make a Pinocchio movie someday, she died the day before his movie premiered.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a reason the maternal figure in this film is Death,\u201d del Toro said. \u201cLife is sort of happy go lucky, giving life away but without a plan. Death is very deliberately motherly and takes Pinocchio step by step into understanding what it is to be a real boy, what it is to be human, and she guides him all the way to him making the decision, \u2018I will go back and save my Papa.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Death tells Pinocchio: \u201cThe one thing that makes human life precious and meaningful, you see, is how brief it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Pinocchio and Geppetto finally come together, Geppetto says, \u201cPinocchio, my child, I was trying to make you someone you were not. So don\u2019t be Carlo or anyone else. Be exactly who you are. I love you exactly as you are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pinocchio responds, \u201cThen I will be Pinocchio. And you will be my papa. Will that do?\u201d<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be nice if understood that God values us like that?<\/p>\n

We can tell better stories \u2014 stories that affirm the goodness and beauty of who we are, stories that foster healing by telling the truth about relational wholeness with self, neighbor and God.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe organize the universe through stories,\u201d del Toro said. \u201cTelling the truth about who you are is the essential thing in life. \u2026 The idea in Pinocchio is, \u2018Can we love each other while we\u2019re briefly in this world? Can we belong to each other? Can we support each other no matter what you are or what you look like?\u201d<\/p>\n

Awareness begins by recognizing the truth with a love that heals.<\/p>\n

This healing begins for Geppetto when Pinnochio finds him. And there, in the midst of their darkness, del Toro chose a song to echo in the background:<\/p>\n

And if you looked at me today, my heart would heal so fast.<\/em><\/p>\n

And if you held me right away, I\u2019d be complete at last.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Rick Pidcock\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is a 2004 graduate of Bob Jones University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible. He\u2019s a freelance writer based in South Carolina and a former Clemons Fellow with BNG. He recently completed a Master of Arts degree in worship from Northern Seminary. He is a stay-at-home father of five children and produces music under the artist name Provoke Wonder. Follow his blog at\u00a0<\/em>www.rickpidcock.com.<\/p>\n

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