I think that he is mocking the industry on they are so caught up on image and everything else shallow. People become so mesmerized by the false images that are constantly thrown at us, that they believe that things are much more grand than what they really are. When he says, 'That's the punchline' he is sarcastically pointing out that that we've been had (he..he). There's nothing more beneath the paper thin surface. Sort of like when you're waiting to hear a great ending to a joke was intended to be very funny...instead it just falls flat and leaves you asking, "IS THAT ALL??!!"
I think that he is mocking the industry on they are so caught up on image and everything else shallow. People become so mesmerized by the false images that are constantly thrown at us, that they believe that things are much more grand than what they really are. When he says, 'That's the punchline' he is sarcastically pointing out that that we've been had (he..he). There's nothing more beneath the paper thin surface. Sort of like when you're waiting to hear a great ending to a joke was intended to be very funny...instead it just falls flat and leaves you asking, "IS THAT ALL??!!"