Commentary from Blood Runs in the Family.
In this way, Tarquin is also symbolic of an older time when stories were likely to be formulaic or clichéd—and less diverse. It's no accident that he's a wealthy old straight white man losing his marbles over the fact that the tale he is experiencing doesn't focus on the other straight white man at the expense of the black man, the woman, the genderqueer person, and even the Latino guest star.