Comparison:
. . . if you haven't sailed here, if you haven't put in your ten thousand hours, these counter-currents, these eddies, it's like getting a frickin‘ horse trainer to install your dishwasher.
Scriptwriter Julia Cox providing her Florida ocean navigator (John Bartlett) character with a colorful way to warn ultra-marathon swimmer Diana Nyad. How foolish would she be if she, again, selects a navigator who does not know well the secrets of the Gulf Stream waters between Florida and Cuba? Big-time foolish! At times non-literal comparisons wisely pull from intentionally disparate corners of life so as to heighten the sense of disconnect and the strength of danger necessary to invite perspective. Dive in!
Context:
[potential navigator] John Bartlett:
You can have all the pedigree in the world, but if you haven't sailed here [the Florida Straits], if you haven't put in your ten thousand hours, these counter-currents, these eddies, it's like getting a frickin‘ horse trainer to install your dishwasher.
[extreme distance swimmer] Diana Nyad:
That's poetic
John Bartlett:
Step outside with me for a minute.
Citation:
Cox, Julia. Screenplay for Nyad. Netflix, streaming, 2023.