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Bolthead44 t1_ixfpfn0 wrote

Would’ve been weird for Tulsa King to be set in KC 😬

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mackinoncougars t1_ixg4tg8 wrote

Well, Kansas City isn’t even really in Kansas. So it be on par I feel.

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AnalAttackProbe t1_ixfuyuw wrote

I feel like the story of a New York mafia boss setting up shop in KC is a much different story, as the Kansas City mafia is a very real thing.

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Malcolm_Y t1_ixfvoxv wrote

Fun story, as a kid in Kansas City my little league baseball coach was married to the sister of the ranking mafioso boss in Kansas City, and all the kids of the bosses were on my team. My parents said we had lots of the other parents who attended in silk suits, with interesting "friends" who accompanied them to the games, and that we always had receptions catered by the finest places in KC.

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Bad_At_Sports t1_ixfyq9s wrote

This sounds like a great childrens movie. Angelos in the Outfield.

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pup5581 t1_ixfyspb wrote

The Movie Casio touches on the KC Mob as all the bosses for the Vegas crews were in KC. That part is actually pretty accurate. The KC Mafia had a massive part in building Vegas and the Feds uncovered a lot of doings track to Kansas City and why many members are blacklisted from all casinos in the state

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Scienscatologist t1_ixgyxn2 wrote

Plenty of organized crime in Tulsa and OKC, too. The idea that someone is just going to waltz in and take over Tulsa because it's just a podunk backwater town is laughable.

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qtx t1_ixj1ijn wrote

Well if you actually watched the show you'd see he isn't taking over Tulsa or anything like that.

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Scienscatologist t1_ixjrckc wrote

IMDB:

>Following his release from prison, mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely characters.

Wikipedia:

>Dwight "The General" Manfredi is a New York Mafia capo who just completed a 25-year prison sentence. Upon release, his boss sends him to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to establish criminal operations there. Not knowing anyone in the area, The General seeks a new crew to help establish his empire.

Which is pretty much what the first episode was all about. It's a silly premise if you are even vaguely aware of how active organized crime is in cities of the "flyover" states.

Now, if the show was called "Lawton King" or "Muskogee King," that would be an interesting premise.

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Available-Camera8691 t1_ixjckcz wrote

I mean, if you just read the IMDb plot, it sounds like that. The shows two weeks old, dude. Chill out. Lol

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SQUID_FUCKER t1_ixn0uqe wrote

He's almost certainly going to butt heads with the local bosses.

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OozeNAahz t1_ixgf3k8 wrote

It was. Is it still? Been living here for 25 years and haven’t really gotten a whiff of an active mob here.

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dontbajerk t1_ixhq1gc wrote

I'm not super familiar but it might be like the St Louis mob, which technically still exists but now is basically a bunch of geriatrics (like, over 80) running numbers games and maybe a bit of gambling and the FBI decided it wasn't even worth following any longer.

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goofbot t1_ixfv98w wrote

Apparently in this America the NRA never fomented gun proliferation. Everyone just accepts being bullied by a 5'9" 75 year old who threatens to stomp on your feet.

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Anneisabitch t1_ixg36z4 wrote

The whole story line is silly. Everyone would just call the cops.

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dedemovie OP t1_ixfxlkm wrote

I’d be delighted to get my feet stomped by those lizard skin boots.

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IndyRevolution t1_ixgiqk0 wrote

Still better than 5'7 75 year old Mike Ehrmantraut twisting a guy's arm, which makes his two 6'5 compatriots run away while screaming "This guy's crazy!" And all the people watching take to YouTube to comment on how badass and realistic Mike is.

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Svorky t1_ixgj707 wrote

Tbf his character wasn't 75, just the actor. Stallones character is supposed to be his age though.

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JQuilty t1_ixg83bk wrote

Yeah, I dropped the show about halfway through the first episode when he roughs up three businesses and people in the reddest state in the country don't just shoot him. IT was too rediculous.

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Malcolm_Y t1_ixfv95w wrote

Kansas City King as a title makes a lot more sense because they have a royalty theme to their pro sports teams, the American Royal livestock show, and the NBA's Sacramento Kings used to be the Kansas City Kings.

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EMPulseKC t1_ixgajiw wrote

Kansas Citian here. There was a discussion in our local sub when this show was originally proposed that isn't included in the story. Apparently, the folks developing the series wanted Stallone's character to be a fish out of water in a "smaller, flyover city" with no real ties to the mafia.

Turns out that KC is quite a large metropolitan area with a major urban presence and also has historic ties to the mafia.

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m48a5_patton t1_ixix18v wrote

Yes, a small, flyover city, maybe something like Chicago.

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Raziel66 t1_ixg0wrz wrote

Anyone else feel like it's Lilyhammer but set in the US?

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IndyRevolution t1_ixgpjtd wrote

Right? I don't know why the writers think "Tough guy shows complacent locals how the real world works" would work with....Oklahomans?

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yourgravestone t1_ixgducw wrote

Missouri tax incentive 4-10%

Oklahoma 20%

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alexPelida t1_ixhizsq wrote

2 episodes in and I'm diggin' the show.

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anasui1 t1_ixiblbo wrote

Kansas City King doesn't really have the same flow

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Thewhitewolf1080 t1_ixjyvad wrote

It has potential but some of the dialog feels so weird and out of place. I LOVE sly, but I feel like maybe he’s miscast for this. Maybe not it’s too early to tell. It’s so hard for a show like this to exist these days all you can do is compare it to sopranos

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Dr_freakkin t1_ixk1tbs wrote

Tulsaking on deez nuts got them

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BoatsnGoals1 t1_ixi8ln4 wrote

You can keep posting dumb headlines about this movie with fake upvotes, I'm still not going to watch it.

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Raziel66 t1_ixg0ve7 wrote

It's a tv show... why would it be at Redbox?

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