Like the old cowpunks they are, Hood and his band have a soft spot for losers and total scuzzballs.
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The filmmakers try to make Arquette and Slater lovably goofy compared to the rest of the characters, including the atavistic mafiosi of Detroit and the coke-snorting scuzzballs of Hollywood.