Roosevelt Room Overhead Projector (acetate transparencies)

A boxy, lamp-driven overhead projector with a glass platen, projecting lens housing, cooling vents, and a metal-and-plastic chassis with a long power cord. Presenters set acetate transparencies of high-contrast photos—Pluie the wolf and a grizzly—on the platen; the machine throws sharp images onto the Roosevelt Room screen as characters lean in, point, and step back while the room’s tone flips between theatrical idealism and blunt political questioning.

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 overhead projector physically delivers the wolf and grizzly images and the $900 million slide; its hum and looped visuals create the performative structure of the pitch and enable the presenters' rhetorical timing.

Before: Positioned on the table, plugged in and loaded with acetate transparencies.

After: Remains operational and continues projecting as the presentation moves to the grizzly; unchanged but narratively charged.

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S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

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

The overhead projector is actively operated by the woman to cast high-contrast images of Pluie and later a grizzly onto the white screen; it serves as the literal machine of persuasion, converting slides into emotional evidence for the pitch.

Before: Plugged in, set on the Roosevelt Room table with acetate transparencies ready.

After: Still in use as presenters cycle images; remains the primary visual aid at the end of the beat.

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