Captain Jack Sparrow films attract youngsters by the bus load today, because of the charisma of the character dressed in his pirate costume . The associations you usually make with pirates are nasty, adventurous, and fortune seeking. The roots of the character start in earlier literature, depicted for example, by Robert Louis Stevenson in Treasure Island.
That was my first introduction to pirates and adventure. Of course the pirate Long John Silver was entirely a rogue, with few redeeming qualities. Johny Depp on the other hand, combines his rogue nature with a charm that attracts the ladies, even if he leaves then within the day for another adenture. This is such a contrast with our spiderman costume hero where we have a contemporary teenager or the fairy costume of disney characters.
So the disney costumes market is gradually being enlarged to include a grerater diversity of players.
Pirates today tend to roam waters in certain areas of the world looking fro rich vessels to board and rob.Many such ships are equipped with security equipment such as guns for protection
