The weird thing is that the Great Depression hasn't even been mentioned. I mean, there's definitely evidence of it. In the Dream that seemed to be stuck on repeat when our friend's dad was wrongfully accused of stealing from his employer, he had to quit school to get a job to support his family. And his mother wasn't well enough to handle the stress and it was fucking dark as shit.
Then there are these outof-place-but-not happy scenes just thrown in. Like we're neck deep in an a search party and stop to have a picnic. It's weird.