Tango was a satirical insert of the Italian Communist newspaper l'Unità.
| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Editor | Sergio Staino |
| Founded | 10 March 1986 |
| Political alignment | Satire |
| Ceased publication | 3 October 1988 |
History edit
The first satirical insert of an Italian newspaper,[1] it was founded by Bobo creator Sergio Staino and followed the style of the major Italian satirical magazine Il Male, of which it brought together numerous collaborators.[2][3] Mostly consisting of cartoons and comics, among the collaborators of the magazine were Andrea Pazienza, Stefano Benni, Michele Serra, Domenico Starnone, Gino e Michele, Francesco Guccini, Roberto Vecchioni, Francesco De Gregori, Vincino, Altan, Ellekappa, Massimo Cavezzali, Renato Calligaro, Angese, Enzo Lunari, Paolo Hendel, David Riondino, Lella Costa.[2][3][4][5]
The magazine raised several controversities, particularly with "Nattango", a cartoon depicting the then Communist secretary Alessandro Natta naked and dancing;[2][4] originally a polemical response to the Corriere della Sera editorial cartoonist Giorgio Forattini, who had accused the magazine of Communist propaganda and challenged it to publish a cartoon on Natta, it became a political case, with, among others, the Italian Socialist Party leader Bettino Craxi describing it as "inconceivable" and "cretinous and questionable humour".[4]
The magazine's original four pages doubled into eight in the early 1988.[3][4] Following the death of Pazienza and the major involvement of Staino in the film Cavalli si nasce, Tango ended its publications on 3 October 1988.[4] It was replaced three months later by Cuore.[2][4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Aloi, Dino; Mellana, Claudio (1991). Un Lavoro da ridere: antologia della satira del movimento operaio dall'Ottocento a oggi (in Italian). Feltrinelli. p. 31. ISBN 978-88-07-81188-3.
- ^ a b c d Pallavicini, Renato (25 March 2014). "Il ritorno di Cuore e Tango, con L'Unità (per un giorno)". Fumettologica (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ a b c Moliterno, Gino (11 September 2002). "Tango". Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. p. 808. ISBN 978-1-134-75876-0.
- ^ a b c d e f Abruzzese, Alberto (1994). "Tango, Natta, Staino e le polemiche col Pci". La stampa italiana nell'età della TV: 1975-1994. Laterza. pp. 429–32. ISBN 978-88-420-4509-0.
- ^ Bono, Gianni (2003). "Tango". Guida al fumetto italiano. Epierre. p. 2006.
Bibliography edit
- Chiesa, Adolfo (1988). Di male in tango (in Italian). Epoca.
- Franchi, Stefania (2000). Tango e il PCI: comunisti e satira nell'Italia del dopoguerra (in Italian). Rubbettino. ISBN 978-88-7284-949-1.