I have encountered the same.
You will probably find it is something to do with storytelling. Watching the movie, you are supposed to be a spectator or fly-on-the-wall, as opposed to being someone in that audience.
Maybe they want to convey the hard graft of being a comedian and they want you to relate to the comedian not the audience.
"You think the joke is funny the first time you hear it. Tell me what you think after telling it every night for the next eight weeks."
That is my theory.
.. but if nukes really are a deterrent then why did he invade Ukraine? Why does he need protection from NATO and the EU? Why does he need a buffer of any kind?
A key difference there is walkability. A lot of America is poorly designed for walking and it is even regarded with suspicion.
Where even walking is not something people do - you get some seriously large people.
I mentioned this before on here but Ronald Reagan once went to Norad Command deep inside a mountain in Wyoming.
He jokingly remarked "Well I guess we will be safe in here if the Russians decide to nuke us just now".
The reply came back, "No, Sir. We will still be dead".
His attitude to nuclear weapons changed a bit after that.
Conservation of energy means each gravity assist is a gain for the satellite and a loss for the planet.
For example, Voyager slowed down Jupiter! Seriously it did!
By about a foot every trillion years.
Similarly, workers were often required to provide their own tools.
If they were dismissed, their tools might be put in a sack and handed back to them. Alternatively the tools would be thrown on the fire, never to be used again.
If I was taking a taxi for a short journey, I would offer a tip as something of an apology for them maybe missing out on a bigger fare.
For longer journeys, I do not offer a tip apart from rounding up.