The Truffle Is, Like, Totally Undervalued

I'll agree with most of that, but, I'd say the drug store scene is not coincidental. However, even being deliberate, I'm still not quite sure why they did it, since the movie isn't really a commentary or parallel to anything. I think it's something of a picture of what people might do in a "monstrous" situation, over which they have no control. The first things many people think about in such situations is things left undone, and the safety of the people they care about, even if it's antithetical to their own survival. Inasmuch as 9/11 was something like that, and, also in NY, well, people will make comparisions.