Joe gets pushed around. Then one of the men who beats him up gets his comeuppance when he s engulfed in flames after urinating on a fire. A young Joe ties bottle rockets to cows tails and lights them. An older Joe shows another man how to mix up a big bang with lighter fluid, gasoline and bottle rockets. Then, in a dream, he imagines setting off a nuclear explosion which vaporizes the man.
Gunfire punctuates a couple of scenes.
Joe gets bitten by a crocodile after putting his head into the beast s mouth. About 15 misuses of the Lord s name. Joe smokes cigarettes. Brandy s father is an unrepentant drunk, shown downing cans of beer. Joe gets high when he inhales too much insecticide.