His style unfortunately defies poetical translation, and his complicated fabric of plain and inverted images, of hidden and overt allusions, is well-nigh impossible for all but the initiated Muslim reader to disentangle.
And, back in the states, roughly a decade after Disney's 1951 animated production of the film, the book was again met with dismay this time by parents in culture-changing America during the 1960s, as they believed that it, along with the movie, encouraged the evolving drug culture with its "overt" allusions to hallucinogenic drug usage.
In many ways, Smithers represents the stereotype of a closeted gay man, and numerous overt allusions and double entendres concerning his homosexuality are made, though some of the show's producers instead interpret him as a "Burns-sexual".
You don't have to recognize this film's overt cinematic allusions to be aware of its indebtedness.
Even if networks don't make overt gambling allusions or references to betting lines, broadcasts have already evolved in recent years to accommodate fans who aren't simply rooting for a favorite team, incorporating regular discussion about fantasy football implications and statistical updates both during game broadcasts and in pre- and post-game shows.
Gone is a fair amount of the overt sexuality, the allusions to cannibalism, a sexual relationship between Riff Raff and his sister Magenta, and, saddest of all, Rocky's glorious gold Speedo that's so skimpy even Tom Daley would think twice about wearing it in public.
On Fox News, Hitler allusions are less overt, but crazy talk about Obama — dating to a 2008 suggestion that Michelle Obama's playful knuckle bump with her husband may have been "a terrorist fist jab" — is the stock in trade.
Overt harassment abounds.
Overt hopes for a sequel.
