Captain Jack Sparrow: A Historical Analysis 

love ur vids

Ever plan to discuss Hornblower?

​@jaredjams4267 that's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen.

Yes

It's the only thing you really need to remember ... 😏

So it would seem…

Savvy?

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missed the point

I wonder what brand of eyeliner the real pirates wore? Maybe it was Maybelline.

Makes it all the easier for those of us with original outfits to stand out.

I think charcoal makes 200% sense. A technique used by berbers and alpinists to make sure they dont get glare.

some explanation for the tatoos

Sounds a bit like a convenient way to make a character be all things that white people fancy.

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@@cleverusername9369 what

It's "Captain Jack sparrow" xD this comment was just like a scene from the movie omg lollol

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So it would seem

Relying on AI for historical accuracy would be plain idiotic.

@@Quirderph facts lol🤧 idk who in their right mind would think that's a great idea

@@liuciusvincent2736 I assume, people who don't quite understand how AI works.

That's a great movie. If you have to "make" your family watch it, I'd be concerned about wtf is wrong with them.

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Barbossa similarly seems more educated than you’d expect

for halloween

If you want the really short and simple answer, it wasn't so much pirate brutality as it was PERIOD brutality. And pirates also differed greatly depending on what sort of pirates they were.

@@DIREWOLFx75 nah, I want the long answer. can't wait till October

They generally tried to look brutal to scare people but not enough to make them think that fighting would be the better option. If the person had no value then they would probably kill them but in a time of slavery and manual labour that would have been rare, also most pirates were religious even if they weren't very moral so even then you'd probably have to run into the worse types. Of course Muslim pirates thought nothing of casual brutality towards Christians, they were notorious for sodomy, and likewise Christians would think very little about killing Muslims, pagans or the like, though it was generally more profitable to sell or enslaved them, when it came Muslims hatred would likely be a factor, likewise if pirates with nation loyalties caught someone of an identity they didn't like they better hope that the bias wasn't shared by enough of the crew. Thus treatment depended greatly on context, both of the region, the pirates and the victims, though of course psychopaths and natural human depravity existed they would endanger profits and make things harder due to authorities taking notice and victims fighting harder, of course though if everyone was killed then no one would know what happened but then drunk or unreliable crew would become a danger. Some pirates were much more brutal, the Barbary pirates very much so were and Cossacks tended to just kill in their black sea raids, taking slaves wasn't a goal and they had religious justification, they did force tartar women to marry them but those were not in pirate raids generally. For most however pirates were after money and captains did not maintain discipline by facilitating the base desires of the crew but by funding them, also hierarchy had cultural aspects to it and part of that was honour and personal decency, certainly many exceptions would have existed but such parties likely would have been short-lived, tumultuous and not very profitable, also experienced sailors likely wouldn't have envied the prospect of intercrew violence or foreseeable mutiny.

@@Private-Potato That's what i wrote...

Leather isnt very good for water resistance. When it gets wet it can shrink and change shape, and crack and ruin the hat. Hence Felt was more useful and practical. Sure it got wet more easily and could shrink etc, but it wouldnt be unusablr after a rain. Also felt wasnt the only material, straw was also a popular material

I always assumed the shape of the hat was an effort to keep it on your head when looking into a strong wind.

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yeah true

Your english is damn near perfect

The video is comparing real pirates to Jack Sparrow and your argument is based on the made up backstory. Arguing fantasy against fact doesn't make a lot of sense.

I assumed that’s what it represented too. Seems pretty obvious

Gee, ya think??

It makes sense for his character because he's spent a lot of time being marooned, captured, or imprisoned. He puts a high value on his own freedom and hangs it over other characters' heads, probably not because he wants them to be free, but because he wants them to see things his way. He enjoys it when restrained characters like Norrington and Elizabeth act chaotic and "piratey", and seems less frustrated dealing with chaotic backstabbing enemies like Barbossa than authoritative enemies like Davey Jones. It's not from the bottom of his heart, just his principles.

Ship berthing

was used for anything ugly

I’ve been to that museum! Great place! Highly suggest it to anyone visiting St. Augustine.

im not sure what you're saying, i never argued against coats, I argued against too many layers, which has been documented as being unpopular in the caribbean during the period

@@GoldandGunpowder I'd ditch the sleeved waistcoat altogether. Now did they exist, yeah, but for some reason even the buccaneer images refuse to use them. I think it's about keeping the layer closest to the skin as clean as possible, that would be my argument.

@@GoldandGunpowder material culture is my thing, I am going to have to do a waistcoat video. Dang it. In return you are doing a full Batchelor's Delight video. For folks who don't know the ship....the dang thing didn't die.

With my Tew video you are getting tagged on it for Batchelor's Delight crewmembers FYI.

That was post-golden age of piracy (1730 onwards) The tricorn hat was rarely seen among sailors and was worn backwards