Is that a clever reference to the Citizens United decision or am I just seeing things?
They are not hard to watch if you like violence, but they are larded with clever cinematic references so the critics don't have feel snobbish about it.
As so often in his writings, the story abounds in clever references and subtle jokes.
Rather than simply consuming pop (which makes clever little references to its commodity status) we should look to music that consumes US.
The score is made difficult "unnecessarily," is eye-catching for its graphics, and has a clever external reference, all unnoticeable to the listener.
Some clever references are made to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but the second half of the episode is not especially funny.
Too many clever references can make audiences think they are in a game of "Trivial Pursuit."
Because it's about the media, this episode has more clever references than most.
There are so many clever references to current events and social manias that it could be said to be about everything.
The book contains several clever references to our world in the things that Fooley brings back from his balloon ride.