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After being released from prison after 25 years, New York mob boss Dwight “The General” Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sylvester Stallone’s first starring role in a television series. Dwight “The General” Manfredi: I really don’t go to church.
Featured in CBS News Sunday Morning: Episode #457 (2022)
The opening credits sequence shows various photographic and painted views and landmarks of Oklahoma imposed on the New York City landscape: A statue of Sioux Indian chief “Touch the Clouds” wearing a war bonnet and a bone choker (breastplate) imposed on top of the Brooklyn Bridge The Golden Driller statue imposed on the Statue of Liberty Route 66 Western Gateway Arch imposed on a major “avenue” in Manhattan. In New York City, in the borough of Manhattan, there are several numbered “avenues” that are intersected by smaller numbered streets. I don’t think any other actor could have played this role.
His supporting cast is anonymous, I didn’t recognize any of the other actors
Sly is bigger than the small screen and he gave the best lines in this series. I’ve only seen the first episode on YT, I don’t have Paramount, but if there were more that came out on YT I would definitely watch them. And filming in Tulsa gives the series a “flavor” compared to filming on a Hollywood backlot.
Age suits him
I think Stallone hit his peak with the Creed movies and this TV series. Glad he’s away from those action movies, which I think he’s outgrown. It’s the right fit for him.