The film lacks LGBTQ+ characters or non-heteronormative identities. Social and romantic dynamics remain centered on traditional pairings, maintaining a strictly heteronormative structure.

Annette Bening’s character provides a strong counterpoint to 1930s tropes by acting as a professional journalist. Her intellectual agency challenges the era's typical expectations of female passivity.

The narrative focuses on socioeconomic divides within a largely homogeneous urban setting. It lacks significant racial or ethnic breadth in its central character arcs.

The film offers a sharp critique of capitalist structures and the failures of Western economic institutions. It portrays the struggle of the working class against an oppressive system.

There is no discernible representation of physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities within the plot or character arcs.