1978: Hunter S Thompson on CREATING ALTER-EGO Raoul Duke | Omnibus

1978: Hunter S Thompson on CREATING ALTER-EGO Raoul Duke | Omnibus | Classic Interviews| BBC Archive

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11 ай бұрын

The American journalist and creator of gonzo journalism spoke to Omnibus about the myth associated with his partially fictionalised alter ego, Raoul Duke. The apparent lack of a clear divide between the two had become a problem with Thompson who expresses his frustrations with the Omnibus crew and also speaks of the journalistic challenges associated with his fame.
This clip is from Omnibus: Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, originally broadcast on BBC One, Thursday 2 November, 1978.
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@mortimersnerd8044 11 ай бұрын

What an amazing clip. He fully realized that the character he had created made it impossible for him to be the kind of journalist he most wanted to be.

@jonvia 9 ай бұрын

Hunter is a great example of living his alter ego. Similar to guys like Alice Cooper and Andy Kaufman and many other entertainers, you turn into that character, you can get into some real hot waters.

@bLEACHeye 10 ай бұрын

I love how he speaks, the pauses and then when he starts talking he speeds up, pauses and jutter something out haha

@alexeilindes7507 10 ай бұрын

Great coke back then

@dowhatiwantc7637 9 ай бұрын

@@alexeilindes7507I wish I had tried that I don’t do hard drugs I’ve dabbled but the coke ain’t on average as good

@kingdicer8677 11 ай бұрын

superb, thanks for uploading these snippets from history

@agalleyne 11 ай бұрын

Great reminder of how accurate Johnny Depp's performance & Gary Trudeau's 'Duke' Doonesbury characters were!

@Wayzor_ 10 ай бұрын

The Secret Service thought he was an Astronaut. 😂

@starman2089 10 ай бұрын

I mean they kinda weren't wrong, technically he has been to "space" a few times. 🚀

@evenings.6170 10 ай бұрын

Respect to everyone who noticed the fragment sampled in the I No Longer Fear the Razor Guarding My Heel series

@ritualentertainment 11 ай бұрын

It's uncanny. I just down to read Fear & Loathing for the third or fourth time (it's my favorite book) and thought to check the channel first, and here this video is. It's just sad to hear him say that he has to end one character and begin another...then connect that with his suicide. It seemed to be a hint.

@svladcjelli4236 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, he was hinting about killing himself 30 years later. Well spotted.

@younesachak6404 10 ай бұрын

I think for people like hunter control over one’s end is critical, I think you’re right that it is a hint, 30 years prior to his suicide, and that hunter knew that his end would be his own choice.

@cahyasatixoxo7207 9 ай бұрын

It’s even sadder when you realize he lived all the rest of his life trying to be a character that he didn’t like to begin with and wasn’t really him.

@cahyasatixoxo7207 9 ай бұрын

His personality changes and becomes completely opposite his nature over the course of his career in direct connection to the popularity of Duke. Thompson was a quiet introvert who was brilliant as a young writer. He eventually becomes the exact opposite by the time he dies.

@christopherhovord3516 11 ай бұрын

What a legend

@jroc2201 10 ай бұрын

He was a wild guy

@jimmythemadostrich8947 10 ай бұрын

Why not the whole clip, BBC?

@mrwakacorp 10 ай бұрын

Actually, it was the other way around, Raoul Duke created Hunter S. Thompson.

@Op1zilla 6 ай бұрын

👽👍🏻✨

@mirisch64 11 ай бұрын

У нас было два пакетика травы...

@duncanself5111 11 ай бұрын

Ether binge!

@Hal9000ize 11 ай бұрын

Ah! Devil either!

@alexeilindes7507 10 ай бұрын

So Benicio is his imaginary friend?

@Spectrescup 10 ай бұрын

Oscar Zeta Acosta

@cactaceous 10 ай бұрын

Benicio’s character, same as in the Vegas book is Dr. Gonzo who was based on the real life attorney, civil rights leader, author and politician Oscar Zeta Acosta, aka The Brown Buffalo, who disappeared in the summer of 1974. There is a documentary about Acosta called The Rise and Fall of The Brown Buffalo. He also wrote a book called The Autobiography of the Brown Buffalo.