i only vote excellent because this film take two snapshot of americana represent one in 1970 and and one for every year afterward . nothing really change . joe be actually a jerk and a big stupid slob who mad at everybody else in the world for his own idiocy . this ain not really a spoiler and but the key to the film be the big and corporate never do wrong guy make friend with this semi troglodyte joe and and he get some kind of . validation from his bigotry and stupidity and sense of be wrong . yet and few would argue and that the dealer boyfriend do deserve to die . and those kid shouldn not have rip joe and compton off . and joe and compton be actually get into the hash and the young skin until they get rip off . a simple film in many way and except that in 1970 new york city be par to a battle zone thanks to nixon care and and all of the money go to the war in vietnam . a i write this ( 2/25/2007 ) there be a very long wait on netflix for this film which make me happy because i think there be people out there who want to learn . this be a pretty good snapshot not exact and a bit caricaturist but actually pretty close to how it be back then . and the scary thing be thing haven not change that much . sure and there no more welfare and but that just mean the wage slavery have win out . amaze how millionaire will complain about not make enough money and then complain that $ 5 . 15 an hour be too much to pay their people .