The Coen Bros return to the 1950s (Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Hudsucker Proxy) to recount a batty tale of a Hollywood fixer and a tent - pole star gone missing.
While I agree with your analysis you seem to miss the tall pole under the tent, namely the latent heat of evaporation of airborne water colloid (haze, clouds) to the visually transparent water vapor (WV).