The film was a reaction to the “greed is good” 1980s yuppie scum, it absolutely alters the nature of the film.
People are born in whatever bodies they live in. People are not born assholes, perhaps with the exception of the more sociopathic lizard-people. You can call it populist, classist, but if you consider class and race inseparable, no wonder you don’t grok the movie.
