Obviously you’re all aware of the affinity the brahs and I have for Hunter S. Thompson. We’ve talked about it ad nauseam on this site. He was what I had once hoped to be, before selling out and becoming whatever the hell it is I am today.
He was a journalist who could pique the interest of his audience even while covering the most mundane event. English dripped from his tongue, pen, or type-writer like no one before him and no one since. He didn’t just give you the facts … he dressed them up and delivered them covered in booze, hyperbole, and emotion to the point you felt you weren’t reading a journalist’s take, but rather a first hand account of one of the world’s great tragedies or triumphs … depending on the topic.
Academy Award winning director Alex Gibney (Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room) brings us “Gonzo,” a Johnny Depp narrated documentary on the man who invented and perfected gonzo journalism.
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Thanks to The C for the link.
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“He was what I had once hoped to be, before selling out and becoming whatever the hell it is I am today.”
Man. I hear ya, brah.