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: The scene intercuts between a bull rider struggling to stay mounted in the arena and Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) having unprotected sex with two women in a dark rodeo stall. : The film was shot almost entirely without
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: Ron is shown snorting cocaine while watching the bull rider through the slats of the wooden stall. This establishes him as a "good ol' Texas party boy" fueled by boozing, gambling, and promiscuity.