The mother actually pulls a gun on the boy at one point commanding him to smile. This woman has no clue how to be a mother or how to relate to her child. The scene is ripe with sexual undertones as she washes the boys hair while he eats a chocolate bar. It's is troublesome and eerie. Korine sets his film in Xenia, Ohio, a town that was ravaged by tornadoes years ago.
Tornadoes represent the chaos of everyday existence.
His characters live in a town that is constantly in turmoil. There is no consistency here and therefore, no reason for faith or hope or love. The settings are full of trash and decay. The homes of the characters are full of trash and useless belongings - and cockroaches. These characters have no homes, they have store houses full of useless garbage.