As exaggerated as the film is, it nevertheless has a moral centre, like much of the Coen's output, concerning essentially decent people being
buffeted by circumstances beyond their control, and trying to keep their head above water, make sense of the chaos around them and ultimately do the right thing.
In particular, I found inspirational the writing
by Kroker and Harold Innis and Innis» determination to create a fusion point between individual
circumstance as historical beings
buffeted by social forces
beyond our
control and silent language of industrial technology -LSB-...]