Long story short: Was listening to music, heard something vaguely sea-shanty-esque, and am now in a piratical* mood.
So, yeah, what's everyone's favorite (visual) pirate media?
Actually, although right now I'm in the mood for visual media, feel free to throw out any written/audio recommendations as well!
Cheers, and hope everyone is still having a good one!
* Good fucking word, by the way. Piratical is a Hall of Fame contender.
All three of those are examples of masculine male leads. So verboten today unless they can subvert it somehow.
If you really want to go down this rabbit hole, learn about the Rural Purge. https://infogalactic.com/info/Rural_purge
Short version: the American people liked westerns and spy shows, but the ruling pedowood class wanted suburban depravity, so they cancelled "everything with a tree" with zero care for what people actually wanted to watch. Ever wonder how Bewitched, I Dream of Scantily clad Genies, and Three's Company followed just a few short years after show like Happy days, Lassie, and Bonanza?
While pirates are not usually mentioned, it's no stretch to think they fell into the same grouping.
And yes, despite popular belief, Westerns never fell out of style. There was never an over-saturation point that people got tired of seeing them. The degenerates in pedowood just got tired of making them. Because there was an expectation of a masculine male lead, good vs evil, exemplification of freedom and self governance, etc.
The people always loved a good western because it exemplified American values. Pedowood hated them for the same reasons.