The color-tinted glasses worn by Jack Rackham in the first season came after the Golden Age of Piracy. For instance, the pistol held by captain of a merchant vessel during the first battle scene in the first episode dated from late in the eighteenth century. Every shot features inaccurate sets, props, and costumes. The Inaccurateįrom a material culture perspective, Black Sails resembles most of the productions made in the past century. It also stands as a unique production for the pirate genre in Hollywood. However, some aspects of this show are new to this media genre and present the smallest of steps towards historical accuracy.
They did not perpetuate the most blatant tropes of pirates, but Black Sails still repeats many other tropes from the past century of film and television, resulting in many historical inaccuracies. So far, Black Sails avoided these obvious pirate stereotypes. One claim they repeated involved avoiding the most common clichés in pirate films such as parrots, eye patches, and Robert Newton’s pirate accent. Two years after the premiere, the show continues to promote itself as “realistic”. Other promotional videos for the show featured similar claims about accuracy. This early preview included a ten-minute featurette about their new show and presented the previous three quotes. On January 18, 2014, Starz released the first episode of their new show, Black Sails, on Youtube, in partnership with the entertainment network Machinima, a week before it officially aired on Starz’s premium American cable television channel. – Clara Paget, role of Anne Bonny in Black Sails “It’s not the cheesy pirate thing, it’s not fantasy, it’s trying to actually portray how life could have been in the Golden Age of Piracy.” – Hannah New, role of Eleanor Guthrie in Black Sails “It’s brutal, it’s gritty, and it’s real…” Steinberg, Executive Producer/Co-Creator of Black Sails “…Set in and around a historically accurate time and place, in Nassau in the Bahamas…” Also, this editorial and review covers the show’s first three seasons To the right, Luke Arnold portraying a young John Silver in season 2 of Black Sails in 2015.Ĭaution to those who have not seen all of Black Sails up to Maand wish not to spoil their first viewings – there are discussions that occasionally spoil small plot points from the show. Wyeth 1911 illustration of Long John Silver from Treasure Island.
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