Or Synecdoche twice.

Marty and Rust are two dudes telling a dude story. Again Ewing, I meet your point and largely agree with it, but with a huge asterisk. *

* In order to help sympathize with these "ideologically selfish" readings of the show, please remember that nearly all of the film and TV media you interact with is stories of men as told by men. And being a smart, cognizant female subjected to that for an entire lifetime may result in a different set of priorities, demands, and representative expectation than your own.

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"The irony" being the fact that you're a hair's breadth from going, "What a bunch of neeerrrrddddss."

Oh wait, he smashed the sixth can into the flat circle, duh. Nevermind. But still. Five star men.

Five pointed star and a circle. Pentagram.

There was some other time (maybe same interview?) where Pizzolatto addressed that, stating he loves genre, and isn't trying to subvert the genre or trick and abuse the audience. It's obfuscated just enough that you can enjoy it either as a juicy noir, or notice all of the hints and accoutrement.

Like how the flat circle speech cuts to Hart's family at a skating rink, just rolling around in circles.

Or how walking out of the woods, Cohle's carrying a dead child with him, while Hart carries an abused one. And since Cohle's daughter is dead, isn't crazy to think that leans on the mounting evidence that Audrey has also been a victim.