I came across this article that quoted Johnny Depp in Rolling Stone saying that he was intrigued by the book Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth Century Caribbean.
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Johnny Depp says he was intrigued by a scholarly work titled "Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition." "I liked the idea of [Jack] being ambiguous," he tells Mark Binelli in the new summer double issue of Rolling Stone. "Because women were thought to be bad luck on ships. And these pirates would go out for years at a time. So, you know, there is a possibility that one thing might lead to another. You're lonely. You have an extra ration of rum. 'Cabin boy!'"
I also came across an article about the book here. **Warning: This article contains a bit of strong language and all kinds of mentions of sex.**
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What can be drawn from a study of those features of pirate society that make it truly distinctive is that homosexual communities can function virtually independent of heterosexual society. Aside from the production of children, homosexuals alone can fulfill satisfactorily all human needs, wants and desires, all the while supporting and sustaining a human community remarkable by the very fact that it is unremarkable.
We all know that the Captain seems to leave his mark on many of the women in Tortuga, but he's never declared to be, or portrayed as, exclusively hetero. In any case, I thought that was a really interesting insight into the character of Jack Sparrow.
是说这位大姐她看到一篇文章:Johnny Depp Welcomes The Gay Pirate Question,说Johnny Depp对一本名为Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition的书(看不懂的人自己翻查字典)非常感兴趣,JD在最近接受《滚石》杂志采访的时候承认:“我很喜欢让Jack显得很暧昧的想法,因为那时船上带女人是被认为是背运的,而海盗们可能出海一次就是好几年。所以,你知道嘛,他们很可能互相寻求慰藉,因为你很孤单,多喝了一杯朗姆酒后就会大叫''Cabin boy!'”
[小M注:Cabin boy原意指船上的男侍者,但是这里么……嗯……大家了解……]
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition书里介绍了海盗生涯和同性关系深刻而悠久的关系,指出真实的海盗团体很与众不同的地方就是的确允许同性性行为支持成员们的关系与需求。