Intertextual References

 where one text references another 

they don it to develop characters in a more meaningful way

satisfying for audience to decode an intertextual reference 

easter eggs- small references that reward dedicated audiences 

homage tasteful reference to influencers 

below the line marketing- free marketing 

1980s american polotics and pop culture

ronaldo reagan- low taxes, laissez faire approch , little support for the poor 

AIDS/HIV rise - 1980s very homophobic 

war on drugs- targeted blacks, very racist time period 

cold war russia and america

ET alien arrives at a suburban garden and they make friends with it 

stranger things premiered in 2016 set in the 1980s 

donald trumo 2016 rise, using the80s to represent the current state of affairs