The basic premise of Taylor Sheridan‘s Tulsa, a Paramount+ series debuting on 11.13.22, is…what again?
The East Coast goombah mafia doesn’t have a strong enough presence (i.e., isn’t making enough money) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and so mafia bigwigs send Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone), an ex-com mafia capo with a chip on his shoulder, to Tulsa to set up a criminal organization.
“Tulsa? Is this a joke?”
Question #1: Tulsa doesn’t have several criminal types (drug dealers, bookmakers, hot car chop shops, loan sharks) already working it? Question #2: The city is crying out for an assertive criminal authority? Why? Question #3: The fuzz wouldn’t be on to Manfredi’s arrival and all over him like a cheap suit from day one? Manfredi won’t stick out like a sore thumb? Question #4: Is Manfredi into Edgar Allen Poe? Is there any chance he’ll recite the opening lines of “The Raven”?
The central idea seems to be to create a culture-clash dramedy…I guess.