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L'inferno di Paperino: a Disney parody of Dante's Inferno
L'inferno di Paperino is a comic story written and drawn by Giulio Chierchini, with scripts by Massimo Marconi. It was published in Topolino magazine number 1654 on August 9, 1987. It is a parody of Dante's Inferno, featuring Donald Duck as the protagonist and Archimedes as his guide.
The story begins with Huey, Dewey and Louie giving Donald a river cruise on the Colorado as a gift, since he is very stressed. During the vacation, however, he stumbles upon the entrance to Hell, which he will explore with Archimedes, who introduces himself as Virgil. As in Dante's Inferno, the Disney version also follows the law of contrapasso: the polluters are sucked into a vortex of garbage; those who abused bureaucracy are hit by giant stamps or passed under document shredders; the pyromaniacs are turned into trees and attacked by fire-spitting crows (which Archimedes calls Erinyes) that constantly say "pyro...maniacs" and fuel the flames on the trunks of the unfortunate sinners; those who used the car excessively are forced, car on their shoulders, to queue at infinite traffic lights; those who "scorned pedestrians at intersections" are now chased and run over by a kind of infernal machine; those who abused electronic devices are now deafened or hit by demonic stereos and TVs; the gluttons are forced to consume continuously purgatives and unpleasant foods; those who were stingy and greedy in life are forced to carry sacks of money and other precious objects and then see them melt in lava.
The story was reprinted several times, and some changes were made to the dialogues over the years. [1] It is considered one of the best examples of Disney parodies of classic works of literature.
[1] List of corrections to censored stories, on papersera.net. Accessed on November 30, 2022.
Donald and Archimedes follow the same path as Dante and Virgil in the original poem, visiting the nine circles of Hell and witnessing the punishments of various sinners. Along the way, they encounter many familiar faces from the Disney universe, such as Scrooge McDuck, Magica De Spell, Pete, the Beagle Boys, Gladstone Gander, Daisy Duck and others. Some of them are based on historical or literary characters that Dante met in his journey, such as Ulysses, Brutus, Judas and Lucifer.
The story is full of references and quotations from Dante's Inferno, as well as jokes and puns that play with the language and the situations. For example, when Donald sees a sign that says "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here", he comments "What a nice welcome!" When he meets Scrooge in the fourth circle, where the avaricious and the prodigal push huge weights against each other, he says "Uncle Scrooge, what are you doing here? You're not a spendthrift!" To which Scrooge replies "No, but I'm a miser! And I have to push this weight against those who wasted money in life! It's a hard job, but someone has to do it!"
The story ends with Donald and Archimedes reaching the ninth circle, where they see Lucifer frozen in a lake of ice. Lucifer has three faces, each with a mouth that chews on a traitor: Brutus, Cassius and Judas. However, in this version, Judas is replaced by Pete, who betrayed Mickey Mouse in some previous stories. Donald is horrified by the sight and asks Archimedes to take him out of there. They climb down Lucifer's body and emerge on the other side of the world, where they see a starry sky. Donald is relieved and happy to have escaped Hell, but Archimedes warns him that they still have to go through Purgatory and Paradise. Donald faints at the prospect of continuing the journey.