The lifetime of piracy depicted in HBO’s Our Flag Means Demise has little in frequent with the savage (but family-friendly) lifetime of piracy within the previous Disney track “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me).” The present’s unconventional depiction follows the story of Stede Bonnet, an actual 18th century pirate, with a heavy dose of creative license. Bonnet (Rhys Darby) leaves Barbados to pursue piracy, incomes the nickname “The Gentleman Pirate” due to his light nature and background within the landed gentry.
Comedic hijinks ensue. Bonnet reads his crew of incompetents bedtime tales, they play pickleball under deck, and the flag atop the ship’s mast options an intimidating cat. Bonnet ultimately crosses paths with Blackbeard (Taika Waititi), and the 2 be a part of forces.
After two seasons, on the present’s conclusion, the pirates are much less eager about plunder and violence and extra eager about being left alone by the imperial powers. Likewise, a crew dominated by an iron-fisted captain is much less fulfilled than a crew guided with a velvet glove. That, maybe, could be the pirate’s life for me.