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Members of King George II's court and the British Empire wear powdered wigs.

Members of King George II's court and the British Empire wear powdered wigs.

"Jack, our sands be all but run. Where's the harm in joining the winning side? And you do meet a nicer class of person."
"I understand everything...Except that wig."
―Hector Barbossa and Jack Sparrow[src]

A wig was a head of hair made from horsehair, human hair, wool, feathers, yak hair, buffalo hair, or synthetic materials which was worn on the head for fashion, for representing strength, power, and status or for men to cover their baldness. The word wig is short for "periwig" and first appeared in the English language around 1675.

History[]

As the King's Governor of Port Royal, Weatherby Swann wears a wig.

As the King's Governor of Port Royal, Weatherby Swann wears a wig.

"Mr. Swann."
"Governor Swann, still. Do you think I wear this wig to keep my head warm?"
―Carruthers and Weatherby Swann[src]

By the Age of Piracy,[1][2] a powdered wig was a sign of high social standing,[3] and was worn by many loyal servants to the King of England, most notably George II Augustus.[4] Loyal servants include the Harbormaster and Governor Weatherby Swann.[5][6] Though his wig made his head hot and itchy, Governor Swann felt undressed without it.[7][8] The French Pirate Lord Chevalle owned a blonde wig, which was once set on fire by the young Jack Sparrow.[9] While serving as a privateer under, the former pirate Hector Barbossa wore a powdered wig, which Jack Sparrow would made fun of throughout the quest for the Fountain of Youth.[4] Following his return to piracy Barbossa wore a very old-fashioned wig, clinging to the baroque style, believing that it gave him importance.[10] Even officers of the British Royal Navy and East India Trading Company wore wigs, like James Norrington,[6][2] Theodore Groves,[6][4] Gillette,[6][4] and Cutler Beckett.[1][2] Carina Smyth wore pants, a jacket, and a strategically combed wig as part of her disguise when she attended a discourse about newly discovered planetary satellites at the local university.[11]

Behind the scenes[]

Wigs first appeared in Irene Trimble's junior novelization for the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.[5][6] Wigs were first identified in the 2006 reference book Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide,[7] later republished in the 2007 reprint The Complete Visual Guide.[8]

Jack Davenport (James Norrington) once said, most notably in an interview for The Curse of the Black Pearl, that he looked like an "ice cream" with the wig on while the pirates "looked so cool".[12][13]

In the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End video game, players can find and collect seven wigs in different chests around the level Port Royal which will give a bonus.[14][15]

In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, during their first scene together in St. James's Palace, Jack Sparrow tells privateer Hector Barbossa, "But Hector ... the wig."[16] By the final version of the film, Jack tells Barbossa, "I understand everything... Except that wig."[4] In the junior novelization, Jack instead said, "But, Hector, the hat".[17]

According to the makeup and hair designer Peter King, his department created more than 1,000 wigs for the 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.[18][10] On the biggest days make up seven hundred extras and thirty principals, with a main team of twenty-two people and another seventy in a vast tent for background, stunt players and wranglers humorously referred to as "the sausage factory."[19]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  3. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide, p. 16
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 junior novelization)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide
  9. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow, Chapter Eight
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: Behind the Scenes, p. 36
  11. ↑ The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth, p. 122
  12. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: "An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates"
  13. ↑ Pirates of the Carribean presskit, accessed Dec 9, 2006
  14. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
  15. ↑ Seven Periwigs achievement in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - TrueAchievements
  16. ↑ Wordplayer.com: WORDPLAY/Archives/Screenplay - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
  17. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization), p. 23
  18. ↑ Disney Pirates: The Definitive Collector's Anthology, p. 126
  19. ↑ POTC5 Presskit
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