Anytime employees are sent on business trips, they represent the
company. Often, the sanctity of that responsibility is preserved.
Other times, it is not. Today's column takes a look at a film
that heavily follows the latter situation, with many examples of
precisely what you do not want your traveling employees to be party
to.
Ed Helms stars as Tim Lippe, a naïve insurance agent on the
verge of a huge reality check, in the comedy film Cedar
Rapids, currently streaming on various services. After the
untimely demise of his colleague Roger Lemke in an auto-erotic
asphyxiation accident, Lippe is asked to fill in and represent
Brownstar Insurance at a regional business conference in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. Lippe's boss, Bill, insists that it is essential
for Lippe to bring home from the conference the illustrious
"Two Diamonds" award at all costs to prevent Brownstar
from losing customers and ultimately closing.
