The film""s director refused to pass judgment on the harsh realities of life for the workaday couple, either by condemning or celebrating the gloom of the bleak ragedy befalling them.At Lisa""s house, she held a pool party to which she had invited all her teenaged friends, with her insistent father""s only restriction - a 12:30 am end time.The biting social satire equated zombies with brainwashed, feet-shuffling, automaton mall consumers as soothing Muzak played.The foursome reach the Coney Island amusement park where they joyously ride the roller coaster, the barrel roll, he spinning wheel, the slide, the merry-go-round, and the dark tunnel of love - where the men are expected to make romantic moves on their dates:Jane: (to Bert) Say, am I ridin"" with you.Other characters include a small-town sheriff, a drunken Irish gardener, a big-game hunter, and two Brazilian leopards.