Photo I.D. (Rhetorical Prop)

A wallet‑sized photographic identification card implied rather than physically produced: a laminated rectangle that would bear a headshot and printed personal details. In the Roosevelt Room the card exists as a spoken prop — characters name it aloud, do not handle it, and use its bureaucratic specificity to land a joke about border control. The invocation shifts tone, drawing attention without becoming a physical exhibit.

2 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

Pluie Pitch — Wolves-Only Roadway vs. Political Reality

The photo I.D. exists here as a rhetorical prop, invoked in a joke about border controls when the US-Canadian border is mentioned, puncturing the pitch's solemnity with a moment of levity.

Before: Not physically present; mentioned as a conceptual gag in dialogue.

After: Remains an off-stage rhetorical device that undercuts the presenters' gravitas.

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S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

Pluie's Death and C.J.'s Political Reframe

A photo I.D. is invoked as a rhetorical joke (C.J.'s quip about border crossing requiring ID), serving to undercut the presentation's rhetorical seriousness and introduce levity that distances policymakers from the advocates.

Before: Unseen as a physical object; referenced rhetorically within the presentation.

After: Left as a throwaway joke that contributes to the presenters' loss of rhetorical footing.

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