06 Oct 2023, 12:51 pm
Jakki wrote:
Like things pirate like...etc..but the title kinda messes with my head , as me, being a Murican ...and all the Iraq
stuff and afganistan stuff..And i cannot help but think that the title of this series ..must be what people in the middleEast think when they see Our the flag of USA .. Sorry , if off topic .
stuff and afganistan stuff..And i cannot help but think that the title of this series ..must be what people in the middleEast think when they see Our the flag of USA .. Sorry , if off topic .
I'm not sure what to say to you really, the show has been made by a New Zealand crew and cast, they chose the title. You'd have to ask them what they meant.
As I said, it's the story of the 18th century pirate Blackbeard, who you must have heard of? And the Gentleman Pirate, Stede Bonnet.
It's basically a groundbreaking series for LGBTQ+ people because after decades and decades of shows teasing them with 'do these guys fancy each other or not? Oh no, they're just good friends' it turns out THESE guys do fancy each other and they aren't just good friends.
Plus of course being funny and violent at the same time and based on a true story.
06 Oct 2023, 7:50 pm
Thank you .....Kitlily...now I know .. 
.Will try it out
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07 Oct 2023, 4:44 pm
pcgoblin wrote:
I remember when my son told me about the show, I'd just listened to at least some podcasts about him. Blackbeard is played by Taika Waititi, and my son and I are both fans. I cannot remember which podcasts they were. Possibly Stuff You Should Know. I'm not 100% certain about that. The second season of Aaron Mahnke's Grim & Mild Presents was about Pirates. This American Life had a story about Stede Bonnet as well. I remember hearing that a loooong time ago.
And I knew KitLily could describe it better then me. I should watch season 1 again. Thank you.
It was very good.
(I'll shut up now)
And I knew KitLily could describe it better then me. I should watch season 1 again. Thank you.
It was very good.
(I'll shut up now)
You are far too kind
You'd probably be interested in two new books:
Blackbeard Reconsidered: Mist's Piracy, Thache's Genealogy by Baylus Brooks
this is a very slim book but the author has almost certainly discovered who the real Blackbeard was.
The Life and Tryals of the Gentleman Pirate, Major Stede Bonnet by Jeremy R. Moss
This is a biography of Stede Bonnet, very interesting.
(I haven't finished this yet)
What intrigues me is, obviously Blackbeard is very, very famous. Even though he was only a pirate for about 3 years.
He spent a lot of time with Stede Bonnet, so why isn't Bonnet equally as famous?
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ooh, episodes 4 and 5 came out today!
There was kissing. And a marriage proposal. And thumb wrestling. And pirate school. 
Who else saw all this? 
29 Oct 2023, 8:20 am
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