466 - Our Flag Means Death

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! Paul and Arlo set sail for a discussion of David Jenkins’ pirate rom-com</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our Flag Means Death</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The new HBO Max series, a very loose telling of the history between Stede “The Gentleman Pirate” Bonnet and Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, begins as a silly romp very much in the vein of executive producer/star Taika Waititi’s other work. And then…well, it becomes something very much more, depicting a number of queer romances in positive, affirming fashion. The boys discuss this shouldn’t-be-shocking-in-2022 level of representation, the chemistry between Rhys Darby and Waititi, how closely (or not) the show follows the historical record, the series’ moral of not accepting that the way things are is the way they have to be, and more. Plus, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, Arlo is reading old</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Superman</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">comics!</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">NEXT: reply hazy, try again.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><strong>BREAKDOWN</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">00:00:47  -  Intro / Banter</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:18:30  - </span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Our Flag Means Death</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">01:36:26  -  Outro / Next</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>LINKS</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><a href= "https://www.themarysue.com/our-flag-means-death-kills-queerbaiting/"> “‘Our Flag Means Death’ Just Delivered a Mortal Blow to Queerbaiting”</a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Kaila Hale-Stern,</span> <em><span style="font-w