You can say that Chaplin as the Tramp reimagined his cane as a cue stick.
reimagine (v.)
To imagine again or anew especially: to form a new conception of : RE-CREATE m-w
Reinterpret (an event, work of art, etc.) imaginatively.
I questioned how the goddess symbolism might constitute a cultural resource for religious women wanting to reimagine gender relations. Lexico
This is the longest set piece, or routine, Chaplin has injected into one of his films so far, and it's an exemplary one, examining at great length that most essential aspect of his art: the impulse to reimagine the universe, the absurd but wildly ingenious compulsion on the part of the Tramp, of Chaplin, to change the meaning of objects, to invent new meanings. Kyp Harness; The Art of Charlie Chaplin
Each room incorporates an object or two that has been reused, recycled, or reimagined—a decorative box embellished with old buttons, a vintage rowing-club trophy wired as a lamp, and so on. Marie Proeller Hueston; Farmhouses
He never mentioned these assumptions explicitly, but invoked them through ludicrous transformations: a racist rant reimagined as the inspiration for a love ballad, a white racist reimagined as an object of sexual desire, and a victim of racial prejudice reimagined as a womanizing charmer. H. Samy Alim et al.; Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes our Ideas About Race