The New Yorker, September 24, 2007 (retrieved on January 15, 2008)
Contributed by Ruth Caldwell
“Putting Your Best Cyberface Forward”
“In general, scholars do not think of impression management as an intentionally deceptive or nefarious practice. It is more like social lubrication without a drink in your hand. Those studying it online have found that when people misrepresent themselves, it is often because they are attempting to express an idealized or future version of themselves–someone who is thinner or has actually finished Dante’s Inferno.” [. . .] –Stephanie Rosenbloom, The New York Times, January 3, 2008
“The Divine Therapy”
“‘It’s an inferno in here,’ yelled a middle-aged woman as she plunged into a foul-smelling hot spring in central Italy. She wasn’t the first to compare these scorching sulfur baths to Hell. In Canto XIV of Inferno, Dante wanders past a pool oozing with boiling red water and is reminded of these thermal spas about an hour north of Rome ‘whose waters are shared with prostitutes.’ . . .
That may explain why spas like Bulicame seem to hold more appeal for the locals. In addition to being free, its commercial-free atmosphere and ancient Roman ruins infuse the bath with history. Besides, Dante’s journey through Inferno and Bulicame eventually led him to Paradiso.” […] –David Farley, The New York Times, August 26, 2007
Roberto Benigni’s “Tutto Dante”
See Roberto Benigni’s website Tutto Dante for more information and photos.
Contributed by Dorothea Herreiner
Tom Shadyac, “Liar Liar” (1997)
“The lawyer, played by Jim Carrey is having a terrible day and when he meets the witness he will be questioning in court later that afternoon, the guy asks, ‘how ya doin?’ and Fletcher Reed (played by Carrey) responds, ‘I’ve slipped into the 7th circle of hell how does it look like im doing!!!'” –Yoni Shemesh
Contributed by Yoni Shemesh (Bowdoin, ’09)
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