It truly is the best thing on TV right now.Įditor's Note: this section contains spoilers for the entire first season of Our Flag Means Death. Darby and Waititi have incredible chemistry, and the whole crew works together in every scene to create a family we'd love to be a part of. The show is also wickedly funny, clever, and never stops holding your attention.
Now we finally get to celebrate that and cheer on a group of pirates who look and act like us. We've always known pirates were gay and trans and queer and Black and brown. Our Flag Means Death shows us exactly that. Representation is about wanting to see us in the places we really are and always have been.
Black and brown queer people are so often erased from history, and so to have Blackbeard, Oluwande, and Jim portrayed with such love and attention, and so much fun, is really a revelation. It shows Black and brown people as the heroes and the winners. If that doesn't describe being queer, nothing does. And they form a chosen family to navigate the dangers, adventures, and treasures of this world. They wanted to be themselves without anyone telling them they shouldn't be. This crew is a bunch of misfits who left the constraints of society to live their lives how they wanted to. It's the kind of queer show viewers have been begging for since the beginning of TV. Jenkins has really created something special with Our Flag Means Death. Soon, Our Flag Means Death reveals itself for what it really is: an indulgently queer show about finding yourself and fighting for the people you love. A few episodes in, the crew runs into the most famous pirate in the seas, Blackbeard, played by Taika Waititi.
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