Object
Laurie's Kitchen Pegboard
A rectangular, wall-mounted pegboard of perforated hardboard roughly two by three feet, finished in a muted kitchen tone. Regularly spaced holes accept several small metal hooks; one hook supports a well-worn metal ladle. The panel bears light scuffing and household wear but remains firmly affixed at the living/kitchen threshold. Characters do not touch it; it hangs unobtrusive yet constant in the background while Sam and Laurie negotiate the collapse of their private intimacy into professional consequence.
2 appearances
Purpose
To provide a mounting surface for hanging and organizing small household utensils such as ladles and tools.
Significance
Serves as fixed domestic set-dressing that visually anchors Laurie’s cramped apartment and heightens contrast between ordinary household routine and the emotional rupture taking place. The pegboard’s ordinariness and the ladle hanging from it underscore the banality and permanence of Laurie’s life as Sam’s romantic fantasy unravels during the pager exchange.
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