Yeah, it's kinda surreal when you realize it. In general the source material isn't great for that, either. I still think that rather than adding Tauriel, Jackson should've just gender-swapped one or two of the dwarves.
Jack Vance's writing is so evocative, so sardonic and anti-authoritarian. He paints pictures with words like no one else. And yes, it is gloriously weird. The DCC Dying Earth book is a joy to read, and does a great job at putting a net around the wild texts of Vance's Dying Earth. But as
@Whizbang Dustyboots said, it adds a layer of complexity onto core DCC.
If you don't already have it, I might suggest DCC Lankhmar instead of The Music of The Spheres Is Chaos, if you're in the mood to buy a DCC boxed set. It likewise excellently distills Leiber's Fafhrd and Grey Mouser stories into RPG form, though without as much complexity as Dying Earth.