Aa womanizing political sycophant who will do anything for money and power, including heavy-handed persuasion, and murder. With his 'Mac the Knife' type song, a local street musician - accompanied by his Greek chorus of dancers - comments on a local fixer, John 'Mackie' MacKay, who insures a government bailout for a local developer by strong-arming an idealistic young politician, and then celebrates with a Madame and her high-class call girls.