Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

...Behind the Backstory

Often times characters have pasts to explain to us why they do stuff, and this works to a point as long as you don’t think about it too much. Conversely, it works for humans beings as long as you do think about it too much. It’s absurd enough to reveal that Hannibal Lecter ate his own sister (‘Oh, that’s why he eats people. He’s being literal’), or that Lisbeth Salander was abused (‘Oh, that’s why she’s a powerful female character....read more

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