Haven't you read the Nun's Priest Tale, I did for A Level English.
It's a very funny piss take on philosophical/scientific tracts of the times.
In essence the documentaries of the dead.
Swift in a number of his works similarly lampoons travelouges, and works of philosophy.
Hmm, prefer the other one tbh. This one doesn't work as well. A tight rewrite with elements of both would work well to Tilt as I said.
Happy to read over, off-board, if you wanted to work at it. It would be disappointing to not get on, cos the concept is really good.
Dan
Depends on the purpose. The works that Chaucer was lampooning were the pseudo every man texts people would buy to understand scientific issues etc in their every day lives.
Thus filling the purpose for the modern documentary.
Content pupose the same, only the broadcast media has changed.
Otherwise Hamlet (the film), would no longer be a Shakesperean play on account of the medium changing.
Ok I was completley, and utterly wrong. Once more showing a phenomenal cultural illiteracy that would depress Jeremy Kyle.
I apologise unreservedly to Chaucer, Swift, Shakespeare, and Kenneth Branagh.
I was comparing purpose and not media.
Thus confusing medium, and message.
So I also apologise to Marshal McCluahn.
I was wrong.
Good thing I didn't kill any one.
Quote: Griff @ July 25 2008, 11:28 AM BSTIs Tilt back already ?
No, just thought the idea was worthy of it.
Dan
I always preffered
Omlette by Franny Cradcok
I apologise for that joke as well.
Hey that's actually what my ace Englsih Teacher said!
I got a B (not bad for a then undiagnosed dyslexic, who had more spelling/grammer errors then a epyleptic squid dropped on a keyboard)
A level that was, back when it was proper hard.
So, Griff, kindly explain the part in Canterbury Tales where the squire says: "What? Was yonder camera running? Was it running ever thus? Then turnest it off, thou bounder, thou."
Chaucer, as incomprehensible today as he ever was.
Quote: sootyj @ July 25 2008, 11:55 AM BSTHey that's actually what my ace Englsih Teacher said!
I got a B (not bad for a then undiagnosed dyslexic, who had more spelling/grammer errors then a epyleptic squid dropped on a keyboard)
A level that was, back when it was proper hard.
Sorry, soot, I didn't realise you were a proper dyslexic. I thought you were just a shit speller.
I am both.
And the second most accurately as I rarely misspell the word shit.
Quote: sootyj @ July 25 2008, 11:55 AM BSTthat's actually what my ace Englsih Teacher said!
I got a B (not bad for a then undiagnosed dyslexic, who had more spelling/grammer errors then a epyleptic squid dropped on a keyboard)
How 'ace' was this english teacher who didn't spot that you might be dyslexic?
I was enigmatic. My abbility in some areas of English convicned most of my teachers that i was lazy and slapdash.
As this is also true, it was a truth hidden within a truth.
Quote: Griff @ July 25 2008, 2:54 PM BSTI think Sooty meant "ape". You know what his spelling is like.
That's a little mean, she was an ace teacher.