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The name of the protagonist, Barabas, is clearly chosen intentionally, with the biblical reference in mind, so that he is "automatically" antipathic to the audience. | The name of the protagonist, Barabas, is clearly chosen intentionally, with the biblical reference in mind, so that he is "automatically" antipathic to the audience. | ||
====Karabas-Barabas==== | ====Karabas-Barabas==== | ||
He's the main bad guy in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Gold_Key_or_the_Adventures_of_Buratino Zolotoi Klyuchik a.k.a. the adventures of Buratino], the russian remake of Collodi's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio | He's the main bad guy in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Gold_Key_or_the_Adventures_of_Buratino Zolotoi Klyuchik a.k.a. the adventures of Buratino], the russian remake of Collodi's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio Pinocchio]. | ||
Karabas-Barabas is a puppet master. The puppets of his theater are alive, so he doesn't actually animate them with strings : it's more like he's a tyrant and they are his slaves. The protagonist, Buratino the puppet, finds a golden key that unlocks the door to a hidden, "parallel", much better world, helps the other puppets to run away from Karabas Barabas's theater, and eventually leads them to that other world (narrowly escaping Karabas's pursuit) where they live happily ever after. | Karabas-Barabas is a puppet master. The puppets of his theater are alive, so he doesn't actually animate them with strings : it's more like he's a tyrant and they are his slaves. The protagonist, Buratino the puppet, finds a golden key that unlocks the door to a hidden, "parallel", much better world, helps the other puppets to run away from Karabas Barabas's theater, and eventually leads them to that other world (narrowly escaping Karabas's pursuit) where they live happily ever after. | ||