I have seen this scene in three pieces of media

Amistad isn't the only one who's got a fancy NDA at work. I think it's safe to tell y'all an anecdote though.

My crew was having lunch. One member turned to another, offering a bag of dried fruit.

"Wanna date?" she asked. He stared at her in horror and incomprehension for about four seconds before figuring things out. Vaudeville isn't dead, it's just sleeping.

Speaking of media from the first part of the last century, here's a discussion of the Jazz Age by Fitzgerald. It's eirily appropriate for the previous era, except with the gender politics. He wrote it during the rally after the first plunge of the Depression, just before everything went to hell again. Like now!