One of the neighbors, Mrs.Collins (Anne Hegira) knows this was no accident: "Same thing happened to my Andy five years ago...(about Joey) He was the only longshoreman that had the guts to talk to them crime investigators...Everybody knows that." Pop laments that his son didn""t follow his advice: "Kept telling him.Don""t say nothin"".Keep quiet.You""ll live longer." Angered by the senseless murder of the brother she was close to, Edie screams: "I want o know who killed my brother!"In the rough waterfront bar where some of the patrons watch a prizefight on a TV above the bar, Big Mac (James Westerfield) he waterfront hiring boss, brings beer-drinking Johnny Friendly a thick wad of bills, revealing union racketeering, corruption, strong-arm actics and payoffs: "Here""s the cut on the shape-up.Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) argued against Senator Ask Aak (Steven Boyle), asserting that the debate over the military act was still occurring, and that they couldn""t call up the clone army yet: "The Senate will never approve the use of clones before the Separatists attack.The newly-outfitted Batman (without his graphite cowl) met briefly with Police Sergeant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) - whom he first met after his parents"" deaths - to find out why Falcone""s underworld drug shipments were so frequent, and learned: "He""s paid up with the right people.The four kinetic dance sequences that Robbins choreographed ("Prologue," "America," "Cool," and "Something""s Comin""") and the jazzy, interpretative score of Bernstein rhythmically communicate the passionate intensity, frustration and tough violence of the streets...It was unconscionable.There doesn""t seem to be anything more to say." Fighting for his own survival, Schumacher is concerned about a mega-conglomerate named C.C.and A.and its encroachment over the UBS Systems and he network.The corporate take-over is controlled by "CCA""s hatchet man" Frank Hackett, symbolic of the complete collapse of news standards that he grew up with since the days of Edward R.