Pirate stories are the inspiration for a slapstick comedy directed by Taika Waititi and Nacho Vigalondo. A wooden pirate, who has no wooden leg, is the main character of the show
Putting a spin on the tics of genre cinema is one of comedy’s usual means of pissing off audiences. Perverting clichés, twisting completely recurring elements and providing sarcasm with a new vision of recognizable stories, invites the viewer to release tension through the noble art of laughter. This attitude has led to commendable titles in the history of the audiovisual medium, especially on television (now transferable to the ‘streaming’ format). Laughter is necessary to face the unbearable lightness of man, and ‘Our Flag Means Death’, a recent premiere on HBO Max, dares to strike a chord with the open-minded public with pirate films and sow excitement among the respectable. Behind this fun, British-inspired American-produced series is David Jenkins, who has already made himself known as showrunner with a curious series of alien invasions titled “People of Earth.” Here he has managed to surround himself in directing with names that give brilliance to the proposal, behind the camera and in the executive production, as is the case of Taika Waititi, who also plays the terrifying Black Beard under the make-up. The ideologue of the hilarious ‘What we do in the shadows’, where it was time to deconstruct the myth of the vampire, draws a chapter, as does the cult filmmaker par excellence, Nacho Vigalondo, who increasingly jumps on the big screen. puddle to shoot in the land of stars and stripes (there’s ‘Pooka’, his contribution to ‘Into the Dark’). The appearance of both creators is striking, whose catalog of visual references is remarkable, as is their talent for unusual comedy. The person in charge of ‘Colossal’ and ‘Extraterrestrial’ deals with deliveries 3, 4 and 5 -including cameos- while the maximum architect of the righteous ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ -one of the best Marvel movies- opens fire with a respectable pilot.
The first season of “Our Flag Means Death” consists of ten episodes, already released online in blocks, which grow as we love the characters more and the series finds its place and reason for being. Using a deliberate theatricality, he adopts a humorous tone, at times daring, that oscillates between black humor and the absurd, with a wonderfully macabre friendly touch, though never exceeding the famous boundaries of correctness. The pirate story is inspired by the supposedly real adventures of Stede Bonnet, known as the Pirate Knight, an aristocrat despondent over a routine life full of facilities who decided to give up all signs of comfort and set out in a ship out to sea in search of emotions Leaving his wife and children behind. His desire to become a fierce buccaneer is constantly met by his clumsiness and hostility to violence. Seeing a drop of blood gets on his nerves, but he’ll have no choice but to swing his sword as he says “Get in!” calls. The talkative protagonist is not swallowed by his own crew, which he has on his payroll, and squanders the family savings. You will have to win each of the fleet members, each more grotesque. On his journey aboard the ship, he comes across a catalog of equally eccentric friends and foes.
Rhys Darby, featured in the beautiful ‘Flight of the Conchords’, plays with measured and exemplary histrionics the unique Pirate Knight, whose contradictions give rise to many embarrassing situations. Midlife crisis is what you have. The year is 1717 and the ocean serves as the backdrop for the power struggle between countries such as Spain and England. A good frame to display jokes that sometimes try to confuse the viewer and indicate the most bravado of the adventurous genre. The choir cast represents the brutal role typical of a pirate to use for a sophisticated captain who sees and wants them so that there is not every day mutiny in the dilapidated ship, on whose mainmast the symbolic pirate flag shines. with a kitten. It’s the perfect excuse to leave some venomous males naked. The parody is served on a silver platter, with an odd casting: Kristian Nairn -Hodor in ‘Game of Thrones’-, Ewen Bremner -the freakest of ‘Trainspotting’-, Joel Fry (‘Cruella’), Leslie Jones (‘Ghostbusters’ ‘) and Rory Kinnear (‘Penny Dreadful’), among other filibuster faces. Hooks, wooden legs, patches, scars and the rattle of sabers. Doing evil is not as easy as it seems.
‘Our Flag Means Death’ is available on HBO Max.
Source: La Verdad
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