Taika Waititi’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Is ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ With Pirates

ARR, MATEY!

The prolific auteur’s new HBO Max series, starring Flight of the Conchords’ Rhys Darby, is a terribly funny (and true!) tale of a gentleman pirate and his merry band of thieves.

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While most streaming dramas take forever to get down to business—much to audiences’ justifiable frustration—comedies often require a bit of time to get their feet beneath them, given that their first few episodes are spent establishing characters’ personalities and dynamics so that later ones can then play off those traits...

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