I am looking for a word. Film makers do it, it's like a metaphor/allegory

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Hi Everyone

I have an about 250 comment long post on Facebook debating WHAT this word I’m trying to find is

Reviewers of films/TV series use the word and film makers ‘use’ it.

For example, when Skyler in Breaking Bad goes into the cold blue swimming pool, it’s like a reference to the blue meth, (cold blue, ice, term for meth)

Can I give you more examples?

The end of an excellent film I watched also did it, I won’t ruin it for those who haven’t seen it but a person basically escapes from somewhere. Is in the artic wearing a furry coat. A polar bear looks at her and they lock eyes.

It’s supposed to be a (THIS WORD) regarding the fact they both have fur on.

I’ve checked all the synonyms for it and can’t find it

I DO however, remember a review of Breaking Bad Episode Fifty One (The one where Skyler goes into the pool, where he uses the word, but I just cannot find it
Any ideas…PLEASE?

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I can also add, I seem to remember it being a word like Eulogy or Epiphany.

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“allusion” might work?

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Double post

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Allegory?

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None of these :frowning:

I hope I haven’t made this word up

It’s just like epiphany

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Metaphor or irony come to mind but I’m sure those are not it. How about imagery?

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None of these yet

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Just like as in “*sounds *similar to” or as in “*means *something similar to” epiphany?

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Analogy?

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Euphemism?

It would be an unusual use of the word, but I could see “Visual euphemism” as a descriptor for that, and also reminding you of “epiphany.”

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“Subtext”, maybe?

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I hope you’re not thinking of homage – whether you pronounce it Omm-idge or Oh-Mazzh

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metonymy?

synecdoche?

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It could also have been that the blue of the pool “evokes” the blue meth. But that is more of a reminder of it than a metaphor for it.

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Yeah, that’s a good one. Or “evocative.”

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None of these guys :frowning:

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Evocation? Inference?

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Connotation? Implication?

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This conversation reminds of this Kids in the Hall sketch.