Yeah, I've been thinking thoughts along those lines - the dolls (which are called 'All American Dolls', I think), Max's pin - hell, Max in general. His scenes are always very bright and cleanly lit, have you noticed? And he's always so...affable, even while doing horrible things, and very. Not American, but like a certain subset of USian politics and philosophy personified? Idk, I'm still working through it. But it does seem like the director and/or original author are trying to say something.