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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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