Making excuses?

Two men stand in a dimly lit room with greenish lighting; the man in the foreground, wearing a checkered jacket, points his right index finger upward while speaking, his mouth open, as the man behind him, in a dark suit, holds a briefcase and looks on. The scene cuts to a third man in a white shirt, tie, and suspenders, standing in front of a wall with a framed portrait and a sign reading "DENOVITZ," looking directly forward.