It's finals week here at American University, so in order for make up for the studying I didn't do while posting on the pirate blog for the past month, I'll attempt to take a brief break from collecting and commenting on news stories such as Russia's detainment of 29 pirates today, the arrest of 9 pirates in the Seychelles following their attack on an Italian cruise ship, and Bloomberg's analysis of the history of anti-piracy law. (Fortunately, Galrhan at Information Dissemination is keeping track of unfolding developments, as is Eagle1 at EagleSpeak.)
Instead -- and in keeping with our overriding interest in cultural representations of piracy -- here's South Park's recent episode on pirates. They've done an excellent job negotiating the nexus of popular/historical conceptions of piracy and Somali piracy, with a welcome nod to how the Somali pirates perceive their piracy in the context of living in an impoverished and lawless state. This time, we really will say enjoy!
Thanks to both Phil Zakahi and David Taylor for bringing this to our attention.
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