Inauguration
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The Inauguration as an organization/project exerts pressure on individuals in the room: it is the reason for the audition, the deadline, and the elevated standards Toby invokes to justify exclusionary practices.
Manifested through the assignment, the strict deadline, and repeated references to appropriate rhetoric for its audiences.
Operates as an external constraint that everyone must defer to; it elevates the stakes above personal preference and empowers Toby's conservatism about contributors.
Channels staff decisions toward risk-averse, established voices and pressures gatekeepers to limit experimentation.
Implicit tension between innovation (new writers) and preservation of tradition (senior authorial control).
The Inauguration organization entry stands in for the institutional event that necessitates the speech; it exerts top‑down pressure on speechwriters, shaping tone, content, and the urgency of vetting contributors.
By its looming deadline and ceremonial expectations invoked by Toby's criticisms and the assignment.
Exerts authority over the speechwriting process indirectly by defining constraints and public expectations; speechwriters must conform to its gravity.
Pressures internal staff to prioritize a narrowly defined, sober rhetoric and enforces conservative editing choices to minimize public risk.
Creates implicit constraints that pit creative experimentation against institutional decorum.
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