McLevy gained a reputation for balancing budgets, reducing spending and micromanaging city affairs. Roosevelt avoided micromanaging the war and let his top military officers make most decisions. Players must multitask in micromanaging both characters' vital statistics while also exploring the island. Murdoch was an aggressive, micromanaging entrepreneur. Finley's tendency for micromanaging his team actually dated to the team's stay in Kansas City. Jane Curtin portrayed Joan Crawford as mercurial, ill-tempered, and micromanaging. The reforms somewhat reduced the rule of the Party in micromanaging economic operations. Despite opposition, the King himself began micromanaging the war effort. He stays home all day, micromanaging Firdaus' every action, and begins to physically abuse her.