Even in the age of AIDS, brief encounters are tempting. When, with the briefest economy of means, Mimi signals Buddy that a night of sex would be welcome, he generously gives his ticket to grateful Ben. But the Infiniti Airlines plane crashes. Those sequences are effective. So are those of Buddy who is suffering from massive survivor's guilt.
Matters become colorfully dramatic.
The airline, which happens to be a client of Buddy's firm, has it produce outrageously and phonily sentimental TV commercials which mourn the crash victims - for PR reasons of course. The commercials are revolting, both to us and to Buddy whose personal involvement make him aware of their crass nature for the first time in his career no doubt. With its additional mix of business and ad-people's lingo, the script scores good points as an expose. Alas, artificiality sets in. Buddy now drinks heavily.