She explicity states his well-known reputation: "You""re he meanest boy in town...(Jail) That""s where you""ll be some day, Tom Powers!"Tom is the son of a policeman, Officer Powers (Purnell Pratt) - a harsh, abusive father who often uses a wide leather razor strop to discipline his near-delinquent offspring." He chose an obscure candidate for the fight - southpaw Rocky Balboa.When other boxing contenders refused to take the challenge with such short notice, Creed selected the unknown, no-hope Rocky to be his opponent for the public-relations January 1st event.While they wait for the elevator, he egregious Oklahoman hick gives some insightful, home-spun romantic wisdom to Lucy:Daniel: Are you sure you don""t like that fella?Lucy: Like him? You saw the way I treated him, didn""t you?Daniel: That""s what I mean.As I slooshied I knew such lovely pictures." Spaced-out pictures from Alex""s hallucinogenic, sado-masochistic dreams are flashed in images on-screen [as Alex allegedly masturbates - just out of the viewable frame]:Quick-cuts of four plastic, tap-dancing bleeding, crucifix JesusesA white-dressed woman dropping through the trap-door floor as she is hung by the neck and viewed by leering men from aboveA close-up of Alex""s face as he laughs maniacally and bares bloody fangsExploding rocks or a volcanic eruptionA fiery explosionA rockslide avalanche crushing primitive Neanderthal menThe next morning, his financially hard-pressed, working-class parents Pee (Philip Stone) and violet-haired Em (Sheila Raynor) are confused, apologetic, and apparently frightened by their son""s devious behavior.According to Carter, his service in the South was "fishy" and without credentials: "He never even saw the South until after the war.