[Sca-cooks] Re: Chaucer and the Three Stooges

[sjk3 at cornell.edu]

> I don't know if I would go that far, Master A, but I did write a paper that
> compared the Miller to Ralph Kramden. The instructor hated it- said it
> 'lacked professionalism' (she hated me anyway), but the rest of the class
> loved it, and so did the folks on ChaucerNet. Basically the ability to
> bring something like the Miller into a modern archetype means you are more
> likely to be able to convey the concept to the layman (read: students).

     Sounds like an interesting paper!  I don't suppose you have a copy
(in e-mailable format) still around....

> 'Lainie
> who also thinks the Pardoner has a lot in common with Bakker/Swaggart, and
> all their ilk...

     And then there's the movie "A Simple Plan."

Sandra