You just have to do that. Such a blessing for Wahlberg's character has turned into something of a curse for the actor. I kind of looked around and there was an audience. None of them went to the bathroom. It's kind of scary.
Dysfunctional families play a prominent role in the film.
One of the most emotionally charged scenes in the movie occurs between Dirk and his intolerant mother. But finding a surrogate family in the porn business, however understandable, turns out to be ultimately tragic. People were on the verge of accepting porn as a legitimate form of entertainment before amateur video flooded the market. Not that he was involved in the porn industry, but growing up in San Fernando Valley, Anderson was surrounded by porn. Being in the Valley, you're surrounded by it in this sort of very peripheral way.