After a quick cut following the sex, they are sitting up in bed in their icy blue-tinged room.They are catatonic - watching theTonight Show(from Hollywood) on TV, like the rest of those living a bland existence in Middle America.It was a philosophical consideration of a man who defied God""s natural laws and sovereignty by daring to create life:Mary: The publishers did not see that my purpose was to write a moral lesson.Riggs claimed that he didn""t attend his partner""s retirement party, because he knew what the outcome would be.The film is a morality ale about how the characters are dehumanized by the influence of money upon their lives.