In regards to the party I can see that, if the original party wasn't also perverse. People were dying at that party. Sex in public. Excess in all its forms. Its just that Tobeys was more.... grim. Also from his frequent talk about getting into the movies its clear Tobey gangster man and his ugly party had no connection to the movie industry.

I take the point of Sidney leaving and thats it and I agree with it. Maybe its a personal thing. I found that scene alongside other scenes where 'racism isn't a thing' to be a little jarring. It makes me ask why the scene was put in in the first place. Sidney morals could have been challenged other ways. The same thing would have played out.