abstract:The Patsy is a 1928 silent comedy-drama film directed by King Vidor, produced and starring Marion Davies for her Cosmopolitan Productions, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was Marie Dressler's "comeback" film after a long slump in her movie career.
So why doI feel likethe patsy, the fall guy, theblindsidedwinger in rugby who knows he is about to be felled at theankles after receiving what in the game theycall a "hospitalpass"?
Jesse Eisenberg stars as a hapless pizza-delivery guy, a slacker still living on high-school dreams, who becomes thepatsy of a dumb-and-dumber pair of friends (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson).
Companies can avoid becoming the favorite patsy of a corrupt customer, by signaling clearly and repeatedly that they intend to be good corporate citizens and to avoid all forms of pay-offs, bribes and kick-backs.