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The primary filming location is about a mile from my house, I drove by it a bunch during filming. I have several friends who appear as extras. Really looking forward to this one, Harjo and Hawke aren’t going to miss.

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Back in January, I was shopping at the Love Me Two Times antique store in Tulsa not paying any attention at all to the guy standing next to me in the heavy coat and ballcap. Suddenly, a young lady approached from behind saying "Oh my God, can I have a picture with you??" Turned around to realize the guy to my left was Ethan Hawke. She asked him what he was doing in Tulsa and he said they were 'shooting a TV show'. So, I've been impatiently awaiting the release of this since. 

Donald Washberg for Governor!!! 

 

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On 8/14/2025 at 2:28 PM, kevwun said:

Man I miss Reservation Dogs.  That was one of my favorite shows of the last several years.

I still pull this up from time to time:

 

“We have this traditional pedagogy of, ‘Just get out there and learn, fucker.’”

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Hawke’s character, Lee Raybon, is based on a real Tulsan, Lee Roy Chapman. The character is described as a “citizen journalist” and “self-proclaimed Tulsa “truthstorian” whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.”

Chapman was best known for an in depth article he wrote about one of Tulsa’s founders Tate Brady and his role founding the local KKK chapter and participation in the Tulsa Race Massacre among other bad shit. The part of downtown Tulsa north of the tracks and west of Greenwood was named the Brady Arts District. The main street was named Brady, a theater in the district was named the Brady Theater, and a nearby neighborhood where his mansion still sits was named Brady Heights. After the expose his name was taken off of all that stuff. I’m not sure if Chapman’s work directly involved other early KKK founders but after the Tate article other historical figures were exposed, including John Rogers whose name was on the University of Tulsa College of Law’s building and was thereafter removed.

Sounds like this show has him doing similar stuff but exposing current day people. Really looking forward to this show.

https://www.centerforpublicsecrets.org/post/the-nightmare-of-dreamland-tate-brady-and-the-tulsa-outrage

https://www.centerforpublicsecrets.org/library/categories/lee-roy-chapman

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First two episodes were great. The background setting was mostly the square mile around me. I can’t be objective though. Sterling Harjo’s humor is really close to mine and I’m a huge fan. Hawke is excellent in the role.

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11 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Holy Tulsa overload.

I like it, though.

Having lived here four the past four years, it’s fun to see the locations and catch all of the local mentions.  But I can see how it would be a little off-putting to some.  
 

It definitely captures the look and feel of Tulsa.  Kyle MacLachlan’s character is a bit of a caricature that doesn’t land for me, but I am enjoying everything else about this.  

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Long pilot was long but I really liked it.  I'll probably watch the 2nd one tomorrow.

Hawke has a real The Dude kind of look going.  Hoot Owl Books looked like my kind of place.  I loved the Bob Wills is still the King motif.  It also made me want to read more Jim Thompson.

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