Talk:Gonzo journalism
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This is a fake article... Please delete it! 122.54.242.163 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 05:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
The thing is it's just Tom Wolfe who coined the term "New journalism" however, "Creative Nonfiction" and "Literary Journalism" come closer to a title for a genre since the "New Journalism" phrase is really limited to Wolfe and I find it POVish to set him up as the phrase maker for this genre. I think it's inaccurate and not generally accepted in the fields as a much used term in comparison to Creative nonfiction and Literary journalism. Also, I think you are missing the point on Gonzo, which involves the event being changed by the active participation of the journalist in the story. Hence totally inverting the standards of journalism in the Gonzo way. Food for thought, I'll get bold when I've more time. Best, Calicocat 23:56, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
- Could we maybe get an elaboration on the central principle of gonzo-journalism? I have read the article, but I still have no idea what it exactly is.
How could you not understand Gonzo Journalism? When I explain it to others I describe it as taking a first person perspective where the writer is an integral character of the piece of writing. The writers viewpoints are often distored and skewed because of the use of drugs and alcohol. Thus Gonzo Journalism is writing about ones viewpoint while being fucked up on chemical substances. Also, I can't site the source right now, but isn't an alternate definition of Gonzo mean the "last person standing at a party"? I will try and find that, I will also log in next time when I post.
Since this is no gonzo we should remove the "I"s. Here we don't write from first person point of view.
In reference to the origin of the term, in the mentioned 1956 novel "The Pusher" by Evan Hunter, the character named Gonzo is revealed to have gotten the nickname as a result of a mishearing of the word "gunsel". (At the time of this entry portions of the book are available to be browsed on Google Book Search; the passage referenced is on page 199.) As the reference to "The Pusher" came from Booker, rather than Cardoso or Thompson, there may be little justification for adding this information to the article, but it may provide some insight for the curious. Pfeutzeneutre (talk) 11:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
(Begin ExLegeLibertas here) Can we remove the "Gonzo Terror" thing at the bottom? It links directly to a hugely biased website. This is an encyclopedia, not a soapbox. ExLegeLibertas (talk) 09:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Transmetropolitan?
I think a section on Transmetropolitan would be appropriate, considering its primary character and storytelling style is an excellent example of gonzo journalism. Aufheben 14:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
