警察局长杰西·斯通与前妻的关系恶化，他担心自己会再次酗酒。为了摆脱自己的问题，杰西开始着手解决一名银行出纳员在抢劫中被枪杀的谋杀案。此外，他对强奸指控的调查使他与市议会发生冲突，市议会希望维护天堂作为理想海滨度假胜地的声誉。

A short. A stage director and his female assistant find the blackest protagonist possible, then make him up as white as possible, to create the titular character.

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.