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@Peter_Carter
Can't believe that with my "nom du forum" that I'd not noticed this thread.
At work I often use "older films " as an analogy or metaphor. The recipients are usually puzzled by this . For example I described a situation as being similar to that of Cary Grant in N by NW when he gets chased by the plane ; total incomprehension from my colleagues.
That said a senior clinician did not understand a reference I made to Banquo's ghost. I am the arts graduate working with the scientists who uses a link to the New Yorker in a business case.