The confrontation between Tom Haverford and Dave Sanderson before Tom's arrest in his own van mirrored the real life arrest of Henry Louis Gates, a black Harvard University professor who was arrested after police mistakenly thought he was breaking into his own home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The short, physically frail Hollywood genius Irving Green mirrors the real-life Irving Thalberg, who inspired Fitzgerald's Monroe Stahr.
Posh centres around a fictional dining society called The Riot Club, made up of wealthy, male, public school-educated Oxford University students, which closely mirrors the real-life Bullingdon Club.
Their film noir tale mirrors the real-life Bulger brothers of South Boston; William Bulger became a state senator and president of the University of Massachusetts, while James Bulger, better known as Whitey, became a mobster and a fugitive from the F.B.I.
Practice Fusion, the cloud-based electronic medical system, mirrors the real-life workflow of a doctor's office.
The angry reaction from the boys mirrors the real-life fan reaction to the South Park second season premiere.
A scene in which Sanderson arrests Tom Haverford in his own van mirrors the real-life controversial 2009 arrest of Henry Louis Gates.
Speaking with TV Line King said the show is going to mirror the real-life presidential race.
She fastened the new Citi Field into place, mirroring the real-life replacement under way not far from the museum.
The sensitive, rawer moments where fictional Julie's life intersects with Grayson's are inevitable given the honesty of his work, but what's most impressive are when the details mirror the real-life Julies, as more than one bawls her mascaraed eyes out with familiarity when the group step inside.
