The film lacks central narratives regarding non-cisnormative identities. While the surrealist setting allows for fluid character dynamics, queer identities are not prioritized as a primary plot driver.

Female characters like Sally exist within the Baron's orbit but often function within episodic sequences. However, the film undermines traditional masculine authority by portraying its male leads as absurd and erratic.

Set in a stylized 18th-century Europe, the film uses caricatured archetypes. Its grotesque aesthetic avoids a polished, homogeneous depiction of Western history in favor of a fragmented, chaotic version of the Old World.

The film excels at critiquing Western institutions like bureaucracy and military command. It portrays imperialistic expansion and war as nonsensical, destructive, and inherently absurd.

Characters feature exaggerated, non-normative physicalities that enhance the surrealist atmosphere. These traits function more as visual pastiche than as deep explorations of physical disability or neurodivergence.