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As your attorney, I advise you to take a hit out of the little brown flask in my shaving kit.
— Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ‧ 1998
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Gonzo's lawyerly catchphrase turns legal caution into the opposite: advice that no real attorney would give, delivered with total confidence while he covers himself on the phone. The adrenochrome sends Duke down for the rest of the sequence. The formula "As your attorney, I advise you to..." has since become a stock joke, usually followed by something reckless.
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In context
Spoilers for Fear and Loathing in Las VegasShow the scene
In Terry Gilliam's 1998 film of Hunter S. Thompson's Las Vegas novel (serialized in Rolling Stone in 1971, published as a book in 1972), Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo are back in their Flamingo suite after the district attorneys' narcotics convention and find that Lucy, the girl Gonzo dosed with LSD, has phoned. Gonzo hurries to get her on the line, then turns to Duke and recommends the adrenochrome in his shaving kit. While Duke takes it, Gonzo deals with Lucy by phone, pretending to be beaten by thugs. Duke's reaction is bad, and he blacks out.
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- Wikipedia: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)PlotReference checked
- Springfield! Springfield! script: Fear and Loathing in Las VegasHotel-room sceneReference checked
- Wikipedia: Fear and Loathing in Las VegasLeadReference checked
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