Complex sentence: A clearer reference to the latter is a scene in which Wordsworth steps back, out of the spotlight, and the chancellor angrily yells at him to step back into it, intended to poke fun at McCarthy's zealous attitude.
Split into simpler sentences: A clearer reference to the latter is a scene in which Wordsworth steps back, out of the spotlight, and the chancellor angrily yells at him to step back into it. This is apparently intended to poke fun at McCarthy's zealous attitude.