Adam Skelos grew up in Rockville Centre in the increasingly long shadow of his father, who won his first state legislative election in 1980. (nytimes.com)
There's even a weird invocation of the dead god of teen comedies: Columbus casts Alan Ruck, a.k.a. Cameron in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as the hero's dad and supplies the sidekick with Cameron's absent, oppressive shadow of a father. (filmfreakcentral.net)
In a desperate attempt to escape the oily shadow of his father's fame, Samberg has changed his name — originally «Han Solo» — and become a successful businessman engaged to Leighton Meester. (film.avclub.com)