“Hipster Stefano” became a popular internet meme format in 2011, featuring medieval characters like Dante as seen above. —”I liked dante’s inferno when it was still a poem,” quickmeme, 2011 (retrieved February 6, 2024)
“A Special Circle of Hell Awaits”
“It is hard to envision any grown adult less equipped to lead the country during a crisis like this, or one who would have behaved in a more damnable manner than Donald J. Trump. A navy blue suit filled with steaming horse feces would do no worse, and probably better, since at least it would not actively do harm and try to line its pockets in the process.
“Truly, a special circle of Hell awaits this monster. For my money he cannot take up residence soon enough.” —Robert Edwards, “A Special Circle of Hell Awaits,” Moyers, April 17, 2020 (retrieved February 6, 2024)
“‘Talking Back to Dante’: A tribute in verse” (2022)
“Last summer, in anticipation of the anniversary, I committed myself to reading a canto of La Commedia each morning. Since there are exactly 100 cantos and there are very nearly 100 days of summer—and since La Commedia is divided into 3 sections in much the same way that the summer is divided into 3 months—this seemed a perfectly poetic way to spend the summer. It was an intense experience, walking with Dante each day. Even on bright, sunny mornings, I found myself drawn into the dark world of the poem. The striking images would stay with me. Dante was not only in my waking thoughts; he began entering into my dreams. He became a ghost haunting the hallways of my house as well as the corners of my mind.
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“It should come as no surprise to us that the world has changed since 1321, when Dante completed La Commedia. And yet, Dante has bequeathed us a vision and a vast cast of characters that enable us to see ourselves, with all of our failings, our strivings and our aspirations. He has captured what is universal in the human condition, even as he was subject to the limitations and prejudices of his own time.
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“‘Talking Back to Dante’ is but one of many recent projects created to honor the master poet and his masterful poem. Writers and artists all over the world are penning stories and poems, molding sculptures, making paintings and movies and music in conversation with Dante. All of this artistic energy, set in motion by Dante, serves as evidence and celebration of the fact that La Commedia is a living work of genius, not some dead artifact or dusty museum piece frozen in time. As T. S. Eliot and the countless creative works inspired by Dante, can attest, La Commedia is very much alive 700 years after its completion and promises to charm us, challenge us and haunt us for centuries to come.” —Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, “‘Talking Back to Dante’: A tribute in verse,” America The Jesuit Review, March 31, 2022 (retrieved January 25, 2024)
“A Roger Story,” American Dad (Season 17 episode 4)
“Here’s how it works… everyone gets sent to different floors based on how they lived their lives.
There’s a floor for philanderers, gossips, heretics.
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Snot’s mom, Steve’s mom, welcome to the floor for masturbators.
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Also, strange it’s just a twisted landscape full of guys cranking it.
Doesn’t seem like a punishment.
More like a really good warehouse party.
Which floor is next?
Sodomites.
I’d recommend waiting here.
[…]
Oh, interesting.
The eighth floor is just for nibbling tush.
My journey might just be getting started!
Roger! Where are the boys?
I’m out of ideas. Maybe we just talk to the man in charge?
And then no matter what he tells us, we can circle back to the tush nibbling floor.” —Seth MacFarlane, “A Roger Story,” TBS, February 14, 2022 (retrieved January 25, 2024)
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“Dante’s Inferno,” Ascending to Infinity (2012)
Track 3 of Rhapsody & Luca Turilli’s Ascending to Infinity is titled “Dante’s Inferno”. —Luca Turilli, “Dante’s Inferno,” Wikipedia, June 22, 2012 (retrieved January 25, 2024).
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