"Darby and Waititi's interactions are among the highlights of Our Flag Means Death. Their different energies speak to a curious real-life camaraderie, as their two pirates did actually collaborate in the early eighteenth century. "The central thing that makes the show interesting for me is that Blackbeard took Stede under his wing, for some reason, in real life," Jenkins said. "And it really makes no sense — there's all these holes in it. Filling those holes in with things of your own invention is one of the joys of doing a true story like this.""
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"Darby and Waititi's interactions are among the highlights of Our Flag Means Death. Their different energies speak to a curious real-life camaraderie, as their two pirates did actually collaborate in the early eighteenth century. "The central thing that makes the show interesting for me is that Blackbeard took Stede under his wing, for some reason, in real life," Jenkins said. "And it really makes no sense — there's all these holes in it. Filling those holes in with things of your own invention is one of the joys of doing a true story like this.""