Object
Roosevelt Room Bowl of Assorted Fruit (Meeting Hospitality)
A catering-style communal bowl or shallow platter of whole, assorted fruit — small apples, oranges, and perhaps pears — unbranded and neatly arranged. The bowl sits on the Roosevelt Room meeting table within easy reach of attendees; fruit appears bright, intact, and ready for casual helpings. Characters pick at it intermittently or Toby nudges pieces toward colleagues as part of the room’s hospitality ritual. The bowl remains on the table through the scene, shifting from active refreshment to an inert prop as the conversation turns grave.
2 appearances
Purpose
To provide shared, on-table refreshments for meeting participants and function as casual, diegetic hospitality during the Roosevelt Room gathering.
Significance
Serves as a social lubricant and background prop that punctuates the meeting’s tone — initially casual and collegial as staff banter, then quietly persistent as an everyday object against which grief and political pressure escalate. The bowl helps humanize the setting and accentuates the contrast between ordinary office routines and the moral weight of Willis’s refusal.
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