Louis Tuckstein’s (nee Dembe Kakungulu) parents were Ugandan Black African Abayudaya Jews who emigrated to the US. Born here, he’s almost “made it” in the White Man’s World. His employer compensates him unfairly despite superior performance. Recruited to join Chandler Brothers, a small, yet elite 150-year-old firm that’s as White Shoe Waspy as they come, he’s the first Black and Jewish Employee in their history! Cantankerous 92-year-old CEO, Harlington Chandler has grudgingly abided by EEOC regulation and hired him. Despite his Rabbinical Spiritual Advisor’s Caveat, Louis joins Discretionary Account Management, run by Delbert van Dyke who hates his given name and goes by “DVD”. Kim Whitney, a 24-year-old blessed with mind, body and spirit is also on the team. A modern woman, she can transact and has sexually bonded to DVD, a tactic she will soon regret. Eunice serves as Harlington’s Admin, furtively involved in a Romantic Liaison with Tim and a close confidant of Kim. Tim runs the struggling Institutional Private Placement Business.
Louis awes his colleagues! Political Tremors in Asia and he cleans up! Spiced throughout are scenes in a private club after work and in the office. The furtive relationships between Tim and Eunice as well as that of DVD and Kim, actually not so furtive, are developed. DVD’s certainly not loyal. Just ask Brenda, his fleshy, Brooklynese speaking erotic receptacle. Tim’s insistence on waiting go to public with his and Eunice’s liaison until he runs Chandler Brothers (he won’t) irks Eunice. All while Kim and Louis have a powerful mutual attraction, but he’s an Orthodox Jew!
Louis accepts an invitation to play cards with Harlington and his Nonagenarian Buddies. Louis is Excited to play, it scheduled for Friday evening. Louis makes it known that he must leave at 7 to attend Synagogue. Having taken them all for all their worth, 7 comes and he leaves, abiding by religious obligation. So ireful are the Nonagenarians, Harlington has a heart attack and dies concluding End Act 1.
Act 2 begins with the reading of the “Rites of Succession”; instructions on choosing Harlington’s successor. They are read by Accounting Archetype Bryce Shrive. The sole criterion is who generated greatest profit in the Four Months prior. It spurs an Epidemic of Spurious Behavior. DVD enlists Brenda, also a Wizard Web Crawler, to break into the Chandler Brothers database and change the numbers which, after overcoming site protections, she does. Alas, Tim’s Designated Web-Crawler Eunice cannot pierce the Electronic Wall.
Bryce is livid! Website Traffic Analytics reveal there were 2 unauthorized breaches, 1 successful! Casting a Pall on the “Rites of Succession”, Bryce’s wizardry allows replication of the original data anointing Louis as new CEO. Not interested in running a firm populated by Liars, Cheats and Crooks, he refuses the offer and chooses to trade his own account. Kim volunteers her services as his trading partner, takes his hand and they exit together.