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"Our Flag Means Death's" pirate accuracy

HBO Max's comedy chronicles the life of a gentleman pirate who runs into Blackbeard, played by Taika Waititi

Salon · May 21, 2022

Gentleman pirates, shipwrecks and Stede Bonnet: what Our Flag Means Death gets right about the Golden Age of Piracy

Gentleman pirates, shipwrecks and Stede Bonnet: what Our Flag Means Death gets right about the Golden Age of Piracy

HBO’s new show Our Flag Means Death has brought the Golden Age of Piracy to life on TV, chronicling the life of the bumbling gentleman pirate, Stede Bonnet.

The Conversation · May 2, 2022

King Street's history of slave trade, pirates and one of England's most famous books

King Street's history of slave trade, pirates and one of England's most famous books

It's said that Daniel Defoe met his inspiration for Robinson Crusoe in a pub on King Street

Bristol Post · Apr 30, 2022

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Sleeper hit 'Our Flag Means Death' left us hanging. Season 2 would 'reorient' things

The little pirate show that could, "Our Flag Means Death," has turned out to be anything but little — in terms of both ambition and viewer appeal. Part romantic comedy, part period piece, the series is surprisingly large in scope, and it's swiftly emerged as a sleeper hit: Since its…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 13, 2022

‘Our Flag Means Death’ review: Pirates in love, but don’t ask about the captain’s plantation

What if two real-life 18th-century pirate captains didn’t just cross paths, but fell in love? That’s the slow-burning premise of “Our Flag Means Death,” the HBO Max comedy series that premiered last month starring Rhys Darby as the blundering gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet and Taika Waititi as the fearsome Blackbeard,…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 7, 2022

‘Our Flag Means Death’ takes to the seas on a pirate’s midlife crisis

Stede Bonnet’s midlife crisis didn’t involve a trophy wife or a red convertible. He became a pirate.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022

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