His first line in the film, after Reverend Harper sneezes, indicates his "cuckoo" nature:Teddy: I must be catching cold.Warriner, and the judge (Paul Stanton) grants an interlocutory decree of divorce in favor of the plaintiff, Mrs.Rameses made excuses and blamed delays in the project on the stubborn, "stiff-necked" Hebrew slaves who regularly spoke of their deliverance from bondage, and he only promised more harsh treatment for the slaves.There are other nightmarish flashbacks of Joe and his girlfriend Annie.In a brutal image, they are pulled from making out in their car by enviously-jealous Texas males.An angry young Joe breaks a bathroom mirror.He finds himself back in his own flop-house hotel room, sitting in the bathtub and watching a TV show, where the host emphasizes he existential predicament that he faces: "Isn""t this really a case of conning a lot of lonely people?" Joe walks into the netherworld of New York""s Times Square, a place of desperation, futility, dashed hopes and false dreams.Kara""s parents included:a caring mother Debra (Kim Darby)and an extremely abusive father John (Bradford English)John called Danny a "bastard" boy - he believed Kara had brought bad luck to the household.