There's a photograph of Adolf Hitler in a tutu above the VCR when Max loads in the tape he received from Brian O'Blivion. What's the point of that? Hidden message? Was Cronenberg Jewish?
"Not buying the *beep*
Was just going to post about this, then saw I wasn't the only one to notice.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdolfHitlarious
To answer your question after 8 years, the answer is yes.
This is similar to how Kubrick would add cameos of Nazi imagery in his movies to imply that humanity as a whole is worthless and to dehumanize people. I don't approve of their demoralization campaign, I'm just giving you the information.
By the way, Red Letter Media brought me here! (their recent review of "The Fly" featured this movie)