I cannot help but think of the ship of fools (which I first learned about while reading Foucault‘s Madness and Civilization) while watching Pirates of the Caribbean — especially the second one, Dead Man’s Chest when they go to the Tortuga Port to find the “99 souls” to give to Davy Jones.

I think Captain Jack Sparow is the perfect example of a fool on a ship without any idea what he’s doing or where he’s going. I’m surprised I didn’t make the connection earlier. The way Johnny Depp plays the character totally adds to the idea of it, too.