the film tells a sad story of the betrayal of the proper (obsessional) ethical stance, When Nicholson gets normalized and turn into a warm human being, he loses what was his proper stance and what makes him attractive: we get an ordinary boring couple. (Zizek, L Highway 12)
The best part of monarchy is that it gives people certainty, easing off all the anxiety and chaos republican regime brings along. The downside of “you can be anyone as long as you work hard” is that when you can’t, you are really painful.