Submitted by dedemovie t3_z2cl77 in television
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danimal6000 t1_ixft4b1 wrote
It just wouldn’t work
oldspice75 t1_ixfud1l wrote
Kansas City > Tulsa
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.
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.
dedemovie OP t1_ixfxlkm wrote
I’d be delighted to get my feet stomped by those lizard skin boots.
Bad_At_Sports t1_ixfyq9s wrote
This sounds like a great childrens movie. Angelos in the Outfield.
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
Malcolm_Y t1_ixfz04k wrote
Love that title!
Raziel66 t1_ixg0tkb wrote
Raziel66 t1_ixg0ve7 wrote
It's a tv show... why would it be at Redbox?
BalzacTheGreat t1_ixg1zzt wrote
you son of a bitch
Anneisabitch t1_ixg36z4 wrote
The whole story line is silly. Everyone would just call the cops.
mackinoncougars t1_ixg4tg8 wrote
Well, Kansas City isn’t even really in Kansas. So it be on par I feel.
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.
Malcolm_Y t1_ixg8ahm wrote
It's in both, just most of it is in Missouri.
mackinoncougars t1_ixg9dao wrote
Hence “really” part of the comment.
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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.
SacrificialSam t1_ixgcl52 wrote
Bad News Bacala
yourgravestone t1_ixgducw wrote
Missouri tax incentive 4-10%
Oklahoma 20%
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.
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.
Svorky t1_ixgj707 wrote
Tbf his character wasn't 75, just the actor. Stallones character is supposed to be his age though.
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?
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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sisqo_certification t1_ixhh74d wrote
What would they have called it, Kansas City Chief?
alexPelida t1_ixhizsq wrote
2 episodes in and I'm diggin' the show.
onarainyafternoon t1_ixhm8d4 wrote
It also just sounds better because it's an alliteration.
MCPanda6969 t1_ixhpqgd wrote
Kansas City belongs to Missouri. Fuck Kansas
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.
BoatsnGoals1 t1_ixi8ln4 wrote
You can keep posting dumb headlines about this movie with fake upvotes, I'm still not going to watch it.
m48a5_patton t1_ixix18v wrote
Yes, a small, flyover city, maybe something like Chicago.
qtx t1_ixj1ijn wrote
Well if you actually watched the show you'd see he isn't taking over Tulsa or anything like that.
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
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.
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
Dr_freakkin t1_ixk1tbs wrote
Tulsaking on deez nuts got them
trobodo t1_ixk4skj wrote
How about wops in the end zone
SQUID_FUCKER t1_ixn0uqe wrote
He's almost certainly going to butt heads with the local bosses.
Impressive-Potato t1_ixoaxx6 wrote
He was 5'9 at his peak. He's probably 5'5 these days.
DragonflyHot1751 t1_iy1xz4y wrote
It was decent
Bolthead44 t1_ixfpfn0 wrote
Would’ve been weird for Tulsa King to be set in KC 😬