Type | Weekly |
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Editor | Sergio Staino |
Founded | 10 March 1986 |
Political alignment | Satire |
Ceased publication | 3 October 1988 |
Tango was a satirical insert of the Italian Communist newspaper l'Unità.
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]