Sylvester Stallone stars in a TV series for the first time in his illustrious career, playing Dwight Manfredi in king of tulsa on Paramount+. The show is the brainchild of producer Taylor Sheridan, co-creator of Yellowstone, also on Paramount+.
Manfredi is a former mob boss who was imprisoned for 25 years to ensure the survival of the mob. After freeing him, he finds himself with a changed world and a mob with seemingly no place for him. “There’s nothing left for you here,” the new boss tells him. “We can’t just rewind the clock.”
Dwight hesitantly leaves his old New York turf and settles in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he sets out to prove that 25 years in prison haven’t eroded his competence as a mob boss.
king of tulsa not based on a true story, but shares some similarities to real life
king of tulsa is a fictional production created by Taylor Sheridan. It is not based on a true story. However, the story shares some similarities with the exile of the Inzerillo Mafia from Sicily by the Corleonesi Mafia.
The Inzerillo Mafia formed in the 1950s and became one of the most powerful crime families in Sicily over the next two decades. In the early 1980s, the Inzerillo family fell victim to a war led by Salvatore Riina de Corleonesi.
The Inzerillos fled to the United States, where they received protection from Carlo Gambino of the Gambino crime family. The Sicilian Mafia Commission granted pardon to the rest of the Inzerillo family on the condition that none of them or their descendants set foot in Sicily.
In king of tulsa, Dwight Manfredi is not expressly exiled from New York, but he is not expected to return. “Banishment,” Manfredi says, showing that he understands that he is no longer welcome in the city he once ruled.
Following the death of Salvatore Riina in prison in 2017, the Inzerillos reported that they tried to re-establish their presence in Sicily. However, in July 2019, the police thwarted the mafia’s plans. Following the arrest of 18 people believed to be members of the Inzerillo and Gambino families, Salvatore Lupo, a mafia expert and history professor, said The Guardian:
“The last name is the same. Riina said that if they ever came back, her men would kill them. We’ve had some tensions in recent years, as there were mobsters in Palermo who were still loyal to the Corleonesi and they didn’t want the Inzerillos to come back, they don’t want Americans in Italy.”
It is unclear if Manfredi will try to regain control of the New York City mob, as the Inzerillo family tried to recapture their glory days in Sicily. Manfredi will have to be careful, as the police are watching.
In real life, the police usually watch criminals who have just been released from prison; the same thing happens in fiction king of tulsa universe.
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn