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  1. "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" is a seminal sports article written by journalist Hunter S. Thompson on the 1970 Kentucky Derby, which first appeared in Scanlan's Monthly in June of that year. The article marked the birth of what would become known as "gonzo journalism".

  2. Jun 23, 2022 · Hear Tim Robbins as Hunter S. Thompson in Dramatized Reading of ‘On Our Way Back to the Motel’. Produced by the late Hal Willner, The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent & Depraved arrives on...

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  3. The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved will be brought to life in all its hallucinatory splendor at The Town Hall in New York on Friday May 5 by an extraordinary production team comprising actors Tim Robbins and Brad Hall, producer Hal Willner, composer and conductor Bill Frisell and actor and director Chloe Webb. Featuring a live cast ...

  4. At the bottom of the page was a photo of Diane Crump, soon to become the first woman jockey ever to ride in the Kentucky Derby. The photographer had snapped her "stopping in the barn area to fondle her mount, Fathom." The rest of the paper was spotted with ugly war news and stories of "student unrest."

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  5. “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved” By Hunter S. Thompson. From Scanlan’s, June 1970. Welcome to Derbytown. I GOT OFF the plane around midnight and no one spoke as I crossed the dark runway to the terminal. The air was thick and hot, like wandering into a steam bath.

  6. May 28, 2012 · In The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved, the writer-photographer Hunter S. Thompson and satirical illustrator Roger Steadman travel to document the horse race and the scenes of betting and drinking that surrounds it. Roger Steadman plays himself, and Tim Robbins plays Hunter, with Dr. John as Jimbo, Annie Ross as a desk clerk, Will Forte ...

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  8. May 5, 2017 · The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved will be brought to life in all its hallucinatory splendor at The Town Hall in New York on Friday May 5 by an extraordinary production team comprising actors Tim Robbins and Brad Hall, producer Hal Willner, composer and conductor Bill Frisell and actor and director Chloe Webb.