Dancer on stage reveal cleavage, legs, and buttocks to Willie, who selects each night's sex partner from these semi-private auditions. In repeated flashbacks, Jack watches Anne wearing a slip in a river (from the back, in the moonlight) and remembers undressing her and her lying nude in bed, only to be disappointed at his own inaction. A female political aide of the governor is implied to be his mistress.

A violent assassination concludes the film, including pooling blood (mostly black and white).

Another man is wheeled out on a stretcher with a blood stained sheet covering him; implying the man shot himself. Accusations of responsibility follow.

Characters fight, awkwardly; there's talk of a school fire that kills children (but only the funeral is shown onscreen).

Variation of n-word used by white men; 'goddamn' ; "for Chr*st's sake", and other mild language ("hell").

Frequend cigarette and cigar smoking; a couple of characters are alcoholics, and they and others drink to the point of drunkenness (including passing out).