While the video certainly contains absurdist elements (the duchess scene gets me every time), I've always seen it as being sincere in tone. It feels a bit like

While the video certainly contains absurdist elements (the duchess scene gets me every time), I've always seen it as being sincere in tone. It feels a bit like a fable or a parable, in that it contains deliberately unrealistic parts to get the point across, but remains in good faith nonetheless.