# I am looking for a word. Film makers do it, it's like a metaphor/allegory **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 12, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035 "2014-12-12T15:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RogueAOV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@RogueAOV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueAOV)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/41 "2014-12-13T06:57:36Z")
Synergy? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/42 "2014-12-13T07:04:40Z")
_Echo_ seems like what you’re going for. Or something like\* reflection.\* ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/43 "2014-12-13T12:12:17Z")
It’s just symbolism. Let [Gedeon Maheux](http://gedblog.com/2013/09/29/swimming-pool-symbolism-in-breaking-bad/) explain it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/44 "2014-12-13T12:19:10Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > It’s just symbolism. > > Let [Gedeon Maheux](http://gedblog.com/2013/09/29/swimming-pool-symbolism-in-breaking-bad/) explain it. Amazing article! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marlonius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Marlonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlonius)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/45 "2014-12-13T14:05:11Z")
foreshadowing? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/46 "2014-12-13T14:56:26Z")
> [@Luk3112](#): > > 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) _Visual pun_, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/47 "2014-12-13T15:05:39Z")
Perhaps you’re thinking of the word “homage,” but if so you misunderstand what it means: > **[Homage (arts)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_(arts))** > > Homage (/ˈhɒmɪdʒ/ or /ˈɒmɪdʒ/) is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic. The term is often used in the arts, where one author or artist shows respect to another by allusion or imitation; this is often spelled and pronounced like the original French hommage (/oʊˈmɑːʒ/). > It was originally a declaration of fealty in the feudal system – swearing that one was the man (Fre... ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/48 "2014-12-13T16:10:06Z")
Could they have said the pool “exemplified” the meth? I think at this point our best bet for an answer is for the OP to google reviews of the episode and find the one s/he originally read. You owe us now! LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/49 "2014-12-16T19:48:31Z")
Rebus? Ditloid? These are not the words you’re looking for, but may evoke (heh) terrible memories of certain threads similar to this one… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/50 "2014-12-16T20:05:33Z")
> [@Luk3112](#): > > **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? > [@Fifty-One](#): > > The-- The look he just gave me was the very **antithesis** of “okay,” okay? Breathe, Lydia. Antithesis? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035/51 "2014-12-16T20:22:44Z")
From the AV Club review: “That’s not a plan. That’s an ideology.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-a-word-film-makers-do-it-its-like-a-metaphor-allegory/707035.md?page=2)