Inflammatory talk-show host Morton Downey Jr. sparked, delighted, and quickly faded like a firecracker—not unlike the erratic, quick-fire presentation of his persona here.
The refusal to settle for Thompson’s druggy image that enlarges the film’s view of political disillusionment and connects it to our own era of fear and loathing.
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