Hunter S. Thompson's famous Gonzo logo.

Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting that mixes fiction and factual journalism. It uses a highly subjective style that often includes the reporter as part of the story via a first person narrative and events can be exaggerated in order to emphasize the underlying message. Fiction (from the Latin fingere, to form, create) is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. ... ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The word gonzo was first used to describe a 1970 story written by Hunter S. Thompson, who later popularized the style. The term has since been applied in kind to other highly subjective artistic endeavors. GONZO is a Japanese anime studio, owned by GDH group. ... Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. ...

Gonzo journalism tends to favor style over accuracy and often uses personal experiences and emotions to provide context for the topic or event being covered. It disregards the 'polished' edited product favored by newspaper media and strives for the gritty factor. Use of quotes, sarcasm, humor, exaggeration, and even profanity is common. The use of Gonzo journalism portends that journalism can be truthful without striving for objectivity and is loosely equivalent to an editorial. Look up GRITS, GRIT, grits, and grit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sarcasm is sneering, jesting, or mocking a person, situation or thing. ... Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Profanity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Objectivity is frequently held to be essential to journalistic professionalism (particularly in the United States); however, there is some disagreement about what the concept consists of. ... Look up editorial, op-ed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Other writers who have worked in "gonzo" mode include Jordan Kobos, William Godwin, and Matt Taibbi. William Godwin William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English political and miscellaneous writer, considered one of the important precursors of both utilitarian and liberal anarchist thought. ... A Photograph of Matt Taibbi Matt Taibbi (b. ...

Gonzo journalism can be seen as an offshoot of the New Journalism movement in the sixties, led primarily by Tom Wolfe, and also championed by Lester Bangs and George Plimpton. New Journalism was the name given to a style of 1960s and 1970s news writing and journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Lester Bangs during an interview Leslie Conway Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician. ... George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, editor, and actor. ...

History of the Term

The term gonzo was first applied to Thompson's writing in 1970 by Bill Cardoso, a Boston Globe editor, after he read Thompson's The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved written for the June 1970 Scanlan's Monthly and illustrated by the Welsh cartoonist Ralph Steadman. As the deadline approached, and with his article still not done, Thompson resorted to sending the editors pages ripped out of his notebook which contributed to the highly subjective style. GONZO is a Japanese anime studio, owned by GDH group. ... William J. (Bill) Cardoso (died February 26, 2006) was an American journalist, best known as the coiner of the word gonzo. ... The Boston Globe is the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ... The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved is an article by Hunter S. Thompson that first appeared in a June 1970 issue of Scanlans Monthly magazine. ... Scanlans Monthly was a short-lived monthly publication, running from March 1970 to January 1971. ... Look up Welsh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cartoonist Jack Elrod at work. ... Ralph Steadman (born Wallasey, May 15, 1936) is a British cartoonist and caricaturist. ...

Cardoso claimed the word had originated with the Irish in South Boston to describe the last man standing at the end of an all-night drinking marathon. "Gonzo" may derive from gonzagas, an Italian word meaning absurdities. Bill Cardoso claimed it was a corruption of the French Canadian word "gonzeaux" which means "shining path," although this fact is often disputed.[1] Mural in South Boston South Boston is a densely populated neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, located south of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. ...

Hunter S. Thompson

Thompson based his style on William Faulkner's idea that "fiction is often the best fact." While the things that Thompson writes about are basically true, he uses satirical devices to drive his points home. Thompson often wrote about recreational drug and alcohol use which added additional subjective flair to his reporting. William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American novelist and poet whose works feature his native state of Mississippi. ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... Functional group of an alcohol molecule. ...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream followed the Kentucky Derby piece in 1971 and included a main character by the name of Raoul Duke, accompanied by his attorney, Dr. Gonzo. Although this book is considered to be a prime example of gonzo journalism, Thompson said that it was a failed experiment. He had intended it to be a record of everything he did as it happened, unedited. However, he ended up editing the book five times before it was published^{[citation needed]}. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a novel by Hunter S. Thompson, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. ... Raoul Duke was the pseudonym used by Hunter S. Thompson for the character based on him in his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. ... Dr. Gonzo is a name invented by Hunter S. Thompson, as a nickname for himself (although in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, it became the pseudonym for Oscar Zeta Acosta); hence, the phrase gonzo journalism. ...

Historian Douglas Brinkley said gonzo journalism requires virtually no rewriting and frequently uses transcribed interviews and verbatim telephone conversations ^{[citation needed]}. Douglas Brinkley (born 1961) is an author and professor of history, currently lecturing at Tulane University. ...

"I don't get any satisfaction out of the old traditional journalist's view— 'I just covered the story. I just gave it a balanced view,'" Thompson said in an interview for the online edition of The Atlantic. "Objective journalism is one of the main reasons American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. You can't be objective about Nixon." The Atlantic Monthly (also known as The Atlantic) is an American literary/cultural magazine that was founded in November 1857. ... Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... Nixon redirects here. ...

See also

• Gonzo
• Gonzo photography
• New Journalism
• "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved", first incarnation of a gonzo article
• The eXile
• Fish Rap Live!
• La Jerga: Periodismo Gonzo Independiente

GONZO is a Japanese anime studio, owned by GDH group. ... Gonzo photography Similarly, in gonzo pornography, Gonzo Photography refers to images and photographic attitude where the photographer takes an overt part in the scene by introducing his/her body, either by touching the subject or by being the subject himself or herself rather than being a passive observer. ... New Journalism was the name given to a style of 1960s and 1970s news writing and journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. ... The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved is an article by Hunter S. Thompson that first appeared in a June 1970 issue of Scanlans Monthly magazine. ... Issue #136 of The eXile The eXile, founded in 1997, is a Moscow-based English-language biweekly free newspaper, aimed at the citys expatriate community, which combines outrageous content with investigative reporting. ... // Fish Rap Live!, also known as FRL!, is a monthly alternative publication at UC Santa Cruz. ...

External links

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