Jessie’s heart troubles are courtesy of the one who got away. He even affords him a hug in the process. After indulging and treating himself to some cigarettes and some good quality alcohol, he gives a reasonable amount to a homeless person. After arriving in a new town with a cast on his hand, he finds a $100 bill. Though he seems like a drunkard failure and a petty thief, Jesse is portrayed as a man with a heart of gold. From the very start, audiences are almost certain that his deeds will somehow, and at some point, come back to haunt him sooner or later. The film spends its first few minutes showing the different ways in which Jesse swindles money from different people, acquaintances, and strangers. Some of the songs he sings on screen, which by the way, were a number too many and somehow constantly disrupted the flow of the narrative, are a clear portrayal of a heartbroken individual who has seemingly lost his way. He is a failed artist who ping pongs between living in cheap motels and drowning his sorrows in booze. Despite the excellent coyness and outward conduct Jesse displays, he is a broken man deep down inside. He employs plenty of mind games wherever he goes in an attempt to clean out gullible victims off their cash. At the beginning of the movie, Jesse establishes himself as this rebellious bonafide guy during a cumbrous ordering session where he asks the waitress to hold the chicken salad, a reference to the classic film ‘Five Easy Pieces’ that leaves the server puzzled.
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