The Coen brothers seemed to dumb down their characters and make the audience feel sorry for them. The characters seemed to all have some mental disorder, whether it was being perpetually stupid or just being a complete sociopath in No Country for Old Men. They also seem to over exaggerate the use of the cultural settings in their films. In Fargo for one, the use of Minnesotan accents was bluntly exaggerated even if it was comical. They do end up making occasional social commentary in their films such as in Raising Arizona and Fargo with them saying that money isn't everything and that family/love mattered more. Also, in Old Country saying that sometimes you need to let go of life and let it happen to find yourself and that you don't realize this until your older even though that commentary just came across as the man being defeated with his life. Their films are definitely linked together more so than some of the other directors and probably because they write their own work.
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