In financial and law-enforcement circles, many wondered why Martoma accepted the role of fall guy.
Earlier, after a month of mistakes from Jerzy Dudek that had seen them crash out of the Champions League and lose the initiative in the Premiership, it was the turn of German defender Markus Babbel to play the role of fall guy, laying on an opener for the visitors with a dreadful first half blunder.
A number of aspects of falls prevention require individual tailoring, despite limitations being reported regarding some of these, including questions being raised regarding the role of falls risk screening and falls risk assessment.
But it would be a shame if corporate directors looked at Mayer's costly pay package and uneven record to justify or rationalize failing to consider women as candidates for the CEO role – or perhaps worse, to consider them only for the role of the "fall gal", setting them up to tumble over the glass cliff.
McCullum, who a couple of days earlier had his nose broken by a bouncer from Brett Lee, seems cast in the role of New Zealand fall guy.
Edelman may have been cast in the role of the fall guy as Danny Fiszman, the Geneva-based diamond trader and majority shareholder, reasserts himself to get the club back on track.
Questions surrounding issues like analyst conflicts and the SEC's ongoing probe into initial public offerings with Credit Suisse First Boston, a unit of Credit Suisse Group, playing the role of initial fall guy in agreeing to a $100 million settlement get to the bottom of what makes Wall Street tick: getting the best returns.
The role of Pelléas falls awkwardly on the divide between the tenor and baritone ranges.
Meanwhile the role of villain falls to Ray Winstone, who marshals an army in his efforts to bring Noah back in line.
Elsewhere, the role of Satan falls to Josh Brolin, who plays a banking tycoon so rich and cultured that he has one of Goya's black paintings hanging on the wall of his Park Avenue townhouse.
The role of curator falls naturally to him, for he is not only a lyric tenor of uncanny focus and intensity but also an accredited scholar (D.Phil., Oxford, 1990, "Witchcraft and Its Transformations, c. 1650-c. 1750") and a deft commentator on musical matters.
