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You come for the songs only to find allusions to fascism and genocide.

The show’s title is also the killer’s moniker, reflecting his fascination with Biblical allusions in his baroque murder scenes Lois suspects are designed to taunt her.

From Salon

It's a movement that imagines itself to be intellectually heady, replete with allusions to ancient writers and philosophers that mostly go unread.

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Wolfs plays on the actors’ public personas, subtly weaving in allusions to their real-life reputations.

From BBC

War may be universal, but the play’s opening moments carried unmistakable allusions to the conflict in Ukraine.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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