Black Sails is an American television drama series created by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz
Move over Johnny Depp –“Black Sails” has taken over the pirate imaginary on cable TV! The question is whether or not this newest representation of the Golden Age of Piracy is any more accurate than the Disney version. My suspicion is that where Disney sugar-coats and romanticizes pirate escapades, “Black Sails” capitalizes on the brutality and projects a guerilla “war on the world” that never actually existed. In other words, somewhere between “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Black Sails” we might find a smidgen of historical accuracy.
If your curiosity is piqued, then click on the following link for a free view of the first episode.
http://www.pirates-wanted.com/?gclid=CPbAid2SsLwCFZDm7AodiXoAQQ
Did the women pirates look as sexy as the Starz version?
