Stephen Colbert Celebrates Hunter S. Thompson on 'Selected Shorts'

Guest host Stephen Colbert celebrates a classic by gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”.

Hunter S. Thompson was the original bad boy of journalism, creating in the 1960s an entirely new style of reporting called “gonzo” that threw out traditional standards of objectivity. Instead, Thompson became a leading character in his stories, and influenced a generation of writers. He wrote regularly for “Rolling Stone”, among other magazines, and his other books include “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail”, “Hells Angels”, and “Rum Diary”.

Stephen Colbert says he first read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas when he was in his 20s: “I was immediately struck by the constant torrent of ideas on every page, the creative destruction and fluid chaos of the experiences that Thompson was poring out at the reader.”

Full Article: WNYC.

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