Pirates, parrots and planks are all the rage again thanks to Hollywood’s Capt. Johnny Depp and Disney writes Jim Beckerman. In an article posted on St. Louis Today Beckerman asks, “Are ye lubbers ready for the year of the pirate?”
Anyone would have told you before 2003’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” raked in a cool $655 million internationally that pirates as a pop-culture fad were dead in the water.
What a difference a Depp makes.
This “Pirates of the Caribbean” fad might seem brand new to today’s kids. [Johnny’s] encore performance as the eccentric Capt. Jack Sparrow is expected to coincide this year with a spike in buccaneer-themed children’s parties and piratical Halloweens. So says Party City, which has dubbed 2006 the Year of the Pirate…
