"May we live in interesting times" is an ironical cultural commentary concerning our contemporary society which could not anymore perceive the fundamental myths.

The mystery was destroyed, the story or the legend lost its majesty; we have been left only with two individuals - him and her - disconnected from each other looking directly at the viewers' eyes and having a single item which unites them, the barbecue (the grill). The only thing that's matter is the reality and the actual moment, the present; not the past and not the future.