Late in the film, Scorsese draws an explicit parallel between cinema and magic tricks, and it's painfully apt.

Although Doran explicitly denied any political overtones, the play was set in a modern African context and made explicit parallels to South African politics.

An explicit parallel was drawn between the victorious charioteers and the victorious emperor.

The costuming makes explicit parallels between Mortimer and his henchmen and modern-day storm troopers.

As we see, therefore, for Spenser in both poem and tract there are explicit parallels.

The film also refers to the land rights movement of the Australian Aborigines, with Darryl Kerrigan drawing an explicit parallel between his struggle and theirs.

He drew explicit parallels between the current political tension and the civil strife between secular nationalists and Islamic militants following the Iranian revolution in 1979.

From a Scott Joplin piano roll to Grand Master Flash, this set maps the entire 20th century through African-American music, drawing explicit parallels between hits and history.

Legend has explicit parallels with Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah, and the Islamic Lot.

Thus, in selecting this specific body art genre, the One Time singer is drawing an explicit parallel between his relationship with Christ, and the Beliebers' relationship with him.