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David Jenkins Talks Our Flag Means Death’s Finale, and That Tragic Twist
Our Flag Means Death has just wrapped up its sophomore season, and it’s time to say goodbye to our favourite pirates for, well, at least another year. Streaming service MAX hasn’t renewed the workplace comedy/action-adventure show for a third season, but if the numbers are anything to go by, they would be foolish not to…
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How What We Do in The Shadows Paved the Way for Our Flag Means Death
There’s a moment in the new season four trailer for FX’s What We Do in The Shadows where the vampires’ neighbour asks, “What’s the word for what you guys are?” When Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) responds “Polyamorous?”, the neighbour says, “No, I was kind of thinking like dirty hippies.”
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Our Flag Means Death’s Blackbeard Is a Chance for Asexual Representation on Screen
In a show that has been lauded for shamelessly and bravely pushing its queer agenda, I believe there is space for ever more interpretations of identity among the characters of Our Flag Means Death. There is textual analysis to be done and by god, I’m the they/them to do it.
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Our Flag Means Death Is the Absurd, Feel-Good Pirate Show of Our Dreams
Come seeking adventure and salty old pirates, stay for a delightful crew getting in touch with their feelings. HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death reimagines the myth of those dangerous scallywags in a series loosely inspired by the true story of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), the “gentleman pirate.”