[s6e6] Professor Chaos -
After trying to fill Kenny’s shoes for several episodes, Butters Stotch is brutally fired from the group by Stan, Kyle, and Cartman for being "too lame". Devastated by the rejection, Butters snaps and embraces a life of evil, crafting an alter-ego known as —complete with a helmet and gauntlets made of kitchen foil.
Recruiting a sidekick, (formerly known as Dougie), who was also rejected by society. The Hunt for a New Best Friend [S6E6] Professor Chaos
The story of South Park’s Season 6, Episode 6 follows the dramatic rise of a new supervillain and the boys' high-stakes quest to find a replacement for their late friend, Kenny. The Birth of Professor Chaos After trying to fill Kenny’s shoes for several
Determined to make the world pay, he begins a campaign of "terror," though his crimes are mostly minor inconveniences: Switching customers' soup orders at a local restaurant. Stealing the class erasers. The Hunt for a New Best Friend The
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“this is alas just another film that panders to the image Thompson himself tried to shirk – the reckless buffoon that is more at home on fraternity posters than library shelves. It is a missed opportunity to take the man seriously.”
This is an excellent summary on the attitude of the seeming majority of HST ‘admirers’.
It just makes me think that they read Fear and Loathing, looked up similar stories of HST’s unhinged behaviour and didn’t bother with the rest of his work.
There is such a raw, human element of Thompsons work, showing an amazing mind, sense of humour, critical thinking and an uncanny ability to have his finger on the pulse of many issues of his time.
Booze feature prominently in most of his writing and he is always flirting with ‘the edge’, but this obsession with remembering him more as Raoul Duke and less as Hunter Thompson, is a sad reflection of most ‘fans’; even if it was a self inflicted wound by Thompson himself.