Other speakers have often used it simply as a parable teaching the dangers of inflexibility and self-importance, or the need for situational awareness.
But it's perfectly aware of its limited dramatic mission... and... it offers an attractive getaway route from self-importance, snark, and chatty comedies about male bonding.
Apart from taking himself very seriously indeed, he is also an extreme example of self-importance, with the unhappy result that he is much snubbed by those he considers beneath him.
