So, I have put together a list of five historical inaccuracies promoted or used in Dead Men Tell No Tales that may serve the plot but probably make historians cringe. Nevertheless, these deviations from historical fact should be intentional and deliberate, not a result of carelessness or lack of interest. Nevertheless, the films play loose with pirate history, and those misrepresentations should be acknowledged. As a social scientist and writer of historical fiction ( The Pirate of Panther Bay, Tortuga Bay), I have to step back and remind myself that I take liberties when writing my books, too.
The Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise, I reminded myself, is intended for entertainment, not historical accuracy (my review of the film is here). Typically captains were elected by the ship's crew, which also collectively decided which targets to attack and drew up articles on the distribution of plunder and punishments for breaking rules.I recently watched Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesand had to once again take a deep breath. crowd still might find lots to like in it: His account pulls no punches on piratic rape and ruin, but the P.C. If Disney wants to shore up its history, it could do worse than consult a new book on sea brigandry, ''Under the Black Flag: the Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates'' (Random House) by David Cordingly, former head of exhibitions at the National Maritime Museum in Britain. ''As a pirate when you get off the ship after six months at sea what you really want is a salty ham,'' cracked the comic Bill Maher on the ABC premiere of ''Politically Incorrect,'' his panel-discussion show. After a two-month overhaul (also intended to jazz up the technology), the ride will instead feature sensitive new cutthroats chasing women carrying plates of grub, implying gluttony rather than sexual debauchery. Yielding to complaints of sexism, Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., temporarily closed its popular 30-year-old ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' ride to remove scenes of carousing mechanical buccaneers chasing down buxom mechanical wenches. Every time it turns around the guardians of political correctness or the sticklers for historical accuracy, or both, are after it like that cartoon croc snapping at Captain Hook's keister in ''Peter Pan.'' Last week the entertainment giant moved to appease one group only to incur the derision of the other.
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