Perhaps. If people's mindsets are constrained in one way their frustrations will be borne out in another. The more constraints, the more unusual the alternative will be. Somewhat like steam escaping from a pressure vessel.
When it gets really surreal it kind of emphasizes how a complete fantasy world can be constructed, sometimes merely verbally by those so inclined, and disseminated by those driven to getting increased attention.
Using more efficient mass-media as it arises allows greater numbers of the general public who might have an interest in such exaggerated stories, to indulge as deeply as they would like. Generally more so than previous generations.
With the overindulgence of some progressing to an unhealthy point, where fantasy is not fully separated from reality in the mind as well as it could be.
