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Happy Part features Jim (Jason Cooper), an ex-con who did time in a minimum-security prison for parking violations; his son Steve (Alex Burger), who is trying to break into professional bowling to win back his deadbeat father's affection; and Maxine (Susan Swearingen), Jim's lovelorn but down-to-earth girlfriend...
Producers Maria L. Gambale and Susan Swearingen also deserve credit for assembling such a large crew and paying attention even to smaller details on the standard (read: miserly) Loeb Ex budget of $550. Not only is the costuming more or less appropriate to the period, but Costume Designer Melanie Martinez has paid as much attention to the chorus as the principal players. Lighting Designer James Gwertzman has resisted the impulse to use overly dramatic lighting while managing to make effective use of lighting to distinguish mood changes...
...buildings and luxurious high-rises built by starry-eyed developers whose failures wiped out their S&L lenders. Just when the feds don't need it, a new small-is-good trend may make unloading those glass- sheathed monsters even harder. "Plush offices are out," insists Dallas broker Wayne Swearingen. "It's not in vogue to show how rich you are." Or were...
...deal also raises the salary competition among executives to absurd levels. Says John Swearingen, former chairman of Standard Oil of Indiana: "There is a limit to what managers ought to be paid for managing other people's money." Adds a top executive involved in a current takeover: "The yardstick for compensation has just gotten twelve inches longer. The chief executive who's doing a first-class job running a major U.S. corporation for $890,000 a year is going to start thinking he's some kind of a fool...
...directors will be helpful to Continental, the sudden turnover could leave the bank with a leadership gap. Said ousted Director Bere: "A mass exodus of board members only complicates the problems the bank is facing." The FDIC originally wanted the directors to leave immediately, but Continental Chairman John Swearingen persuaded the agency to allow them to serve until April, when replacements can be elected at the company's annual meeting. Given Continental's troubles, the new slate of directors may have full-time jobs on their hands...