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Speaking of the film, Sparrow is one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas. If you've seen any of the movies, you'll know how Sparrow relies purely on wit, and "making the situation up as he goes" and fate to maneuver his way around things and out of situations. Lord Krishna too, as mythology suggests, uses wit to get out of situations, rather than having to use his fighting skills. Lord Krishna is listed as the 57th name in the Vishnu Sahasranama who defeated with his wit and bravery.

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And this revelation of knowing that Jack Sparrow is actually based on a Hindu deity, had Twitter overwhelmed.

[detramartin112]

Turns out that the lead character in the Pirates Of the Caribbean movie was actually based on the Hindu mythological God, Lord Krishna. At least that's what Ted Elliot, one of the writers of the movie, revealed when he pointed out that he drew inspiration from some shades of Krishna. more

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And if you think about it, we can all spot some similarities between the two.

[Poorboy]

The author @tedelliott confessed that he wrote the person in movie primarily based on Lord Krishna. #JackSparrowIsKrishna pic.twitter.com/a8UzQx0Lng — R!chaa J. (@OfficialRicha18) September 25, 2018

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People even put their Photoshop skills to best use. more

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For example, the exterior queue used during peak attendance is located in an open breezeway that was common in Spanish colonial architecture, known as the nave arcade. Nave arcades are large, open-air rooms lined with columns and used to make a room feel larger than it truly is. Another architectural feature that is accurate is the roofing of the show building. Red clay tile shingles cover the roof of the building, with large timber rafters beneath the tiles. In Spanish Caribbean architecture, red clay tile shingles were used on important and wealthy buildings to help reflect the heat, as well as allow the water to easily run off the roof during the daily rain showers. Timber rafters were used to allow for the movement of air beneath the roof and into the building. Finally, the large clock tower that stands guard outside the attraction was distinctly of colonial Dominican design. Towers similar to this rose to approximately twenty feet, were capped with a pyramidal prism, housing guards watching for invaders, who would ring a large bell to signal danger to townspeople.

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Many records indicate that pirates spent a good portion of their time inebriated by drink. However, this is for a reason that many people don’t realize. In a hot, humid climate, especially in a time period without water purification systems and refrigerators, as well as for people who were constantly traveling or at sea for many days or weeks at a time, water had a tendency to go bad and be infested with bacteria. As a result, water supplies were mixed with rum and beer to kill the bacteria and preserve the water, as well as to add flavor. Because the climate in the Caribbean is hot and humid, pirates had a tendency to drink a lot of water to stay hydrated. As a result, they were constantly getting some form of alcoholic-water mixture, raising their blood alcohol content to high levels, causing them to be intoxicated often. As a result, their ability to maintain self-control was eliminated and a carefree attitude was established. Pirates risked their lives to plunder a town, and spent or wasted anything as soon as they acquired it. This explains why the pirates in this scene are singing with their arms around each other or sleeping in a pile of pigs while the city burns to the ground around them.

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The ride vehicles are designed as bateaux, a French word literally meaning “boats.” The bateaux of the sixteen and seventeen hundreds however, had a distinct design, which surprisingly are accurately represented in the ride vehicles for the attraction. Bateaux of the colonial period were long, shallow boats measuring six feet in width, 40 to 65 feet in length, and three feet deep, which are the approximate measurements of the ride vehicles. The traditional bateau was pointed at both ends and was used to float cargo (in the attraction’s case, guests) down a river, carried by the current of the waters. more

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Unlike many Disney park attractions, Pirates was not based on a film, so, in 2003, Disney based a film on the ride. Following the “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” the first leg of what would become a full-fledged franchise, several of the film’s leading characters were incorporated into the Disneyland attraction. here

[unsolicited]

Carefully timed to coincide with the premiere of the second “Pirates” installment, three of the film’s frontmen —Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) and Captain Barbossa ( Geoffrey Rush ) — were memorialized as audio-animatronic versions of their on-screen characters. here

[gef]

The semi-humorous marauding proceeded unchanged until the mid-’90s, when park visitors began calling out the attraction’s marked displays of misogyny — a horde of rowdy pirates chasing a group of women through a ravaged town, a lustful buccaneer in search of a woman hidden, and clearly frightened, in a barrel nearby. Both scenes were altered to shift the target of the men’s desires: food rather than women. here

[Zerbie]

Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) more

[shaeehickman86]

Disney plans to remodel her so that she remains the scene’s focal point — only now as one of the commanding, rifle-slinging pirates. [links]

[jack8logan]

Ideally, a firm will have a culture, like Southwest’s or WestJet’s cultures, that embrace the four qualities shown in Figure 4.2 “Resource-Based Theory: The Basics.” If so, these resources can provide not only a competitive advantage but also a sustained competitive advantage —one that will endure over time and help the firm stay successful far into the future. Resources that do not have all four qualities can still be very useful, but they are unlikely to provide long-term advantages. A resource that is valuable and rare but that can be imitated, for example, might provide an edge in the short term, but competitors can overcome such an advantage eventually. more

[wscott]

Southwest Airlines provides an illustration of resource-based theory in action. Resource-based theory contends that the possession of strategic resources provides an organization with a golden opportunity to develop competitive advantages over its rivals (Figure 4.2 “Resource-Based Theory: The Basics”) (Barney, 1991). These competitive advantages in turn can help the organization enjoy strong profits, especially over time.

[molybdenum]

Figure 4.2 Resource-Based Theory: The Basics [Image description]

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Capabilities are what the organization can do based on the resources it possesses, another key concept within resource-based theory. A good and easy-to-remember way to distinguish resources and capabilities is this: resources refer to what an organization owns, capabilities refer to what the organization can do (Figure 4.4 “Resources and Capabilities”). Capabilities tend to arise or expand over time as a firm takes actions that build on its strategic resources. Southwest Airlines and WestJet, for example, have developed the capability of providing excellent customer service by building on their strong organizational cultures. Capabilities are important in part because they are how organizations capture the potential value that resources offer. Customers do not simply send money to an organization because it owns strategic resources. Instead, capabilities are needed to bundle, manage, and otherwise exploit resources in a manner that provides value added to customers and creates advantages over competitors. here