As I watched Will Ferrell don an eyepatch to present at the Golden Globes last night I couldn't help but marvel at the career resurgence of the pirate. Now I know Will Ferrell wasn't trying to be a pirate per se, but his emulation was uncanny and a perfectly reasonable choice in today's pirate renaissance.
Put simply: Pirates are cool. Pirates are sexy. Pirates are becoming a career option. Pirates are everywhere and they're multiplying like rabbits. I believe it started with Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Carribbean," a movie which proved that a pirate could be a money-making machine instead of box office poison.
The previous point of view seemed to have been proven by the spectacular failure of "Cuthroat Island." The horror . . The horror.
After the success of Capt. Jack Sparrow, however, pirates began popping up in other movies (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, character believes himself to be a pirate) , in commercials (Fed Ex job applicant who's a pirate complete with a parrot) and now Will Ferrell is spreading the gospel even further with his eyepatch at the Globes. Boating accident my ass.
But what does this all mean?
It's hard to say for sure, but I wouldn't sell the pirate movement short. They can mobilize like ants and it wouldn't be a bad idea to get in early on the ground floor. That being said I'm off to stock up on wooden legs and swords - two things a man can never have too many of . . .
-BDS
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