This is nothing like the Decameron. It is, though, a story that's supposed to be set in Florence, at the time of the plague.
They've put some effort into costumes, carts, corpses and buboes, which is fine.
However, they have put no effort into consistency of language or accent. There are some cod-mediæval phrases and phrasing - they mention the miasma theory of disease - but not that term - but include modern slang expressions too.
The accents, all supposedly Florentine, vary from English, to Irish, to American, sometimes in the same person inthe same paragraph.
Unfortunately the jokes mainly don't work, because the actors so evidently think themselves to be hugely funny.
They've put some effort into costumes, carts, corpses and buboes, which is fine.
However, they have put no effort into consistency of language or accent. There are some cod-mediæval phrases and phrasing - they mention the miasma theory of disease - but not that term - but include modern slang expressions too.
The accents, all supposedly Florentine, vary from English, to Irish, to American, sometimes in the same person inthe same paragraph.
Unfortunately the jokes mainly don't work, because the actors so evidently think themselves to be hugely funny.