The Ribald Tales Of Canterbury -1985- -classic- -

The Ribald Tales of Canterbury (1985) is a bold, comedic reimagining of medieval storytelling traditions, taking inspiration from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales but leaning into bawdiness, satire, and late-20th-century sensibilities. It blends period pastiche with contemporary humor, making it both a loving homage and a playful subversion of the canonical source.

The mid-1980s was a transitional period for adult-oriented comedies. Following the massive success of Pasolini’s The Canterbury Tales (1972), which brought high-art aesthetics to Chaucer’s bawdy stories, several lower-budget productions sought to replicate that success by emphasizing the slapstick and the erotic. The Ribald Tales Of Canterbury -1985- -Classic-