I grew up in the OKC area, spent many a summer afternoon/evening driving around Lake Overholser - including playing frisbee in "the flats". This occurred in the same time frame that the people from this documentary apparently did the same, so no doubt we shared the same space and breathed the same air.
That said, I never went to the Red Dog. Not sure why... I went to many other strip clubs in OKC in the mid-late '80s. Still, it was cool to see the intersection of those lives and my own. I knew Otis Watkins, for example, but never knew he played at the Dog. I always saw him at the Samurai or the Wolf Trap (or when he was in town from Austin and hung out at the bar I worked at: Bianca's Jazz / Blues Club.)
All that is to say that this movie kept me in rapt attention because it hit so close to home. I have no idea how it plays outside the dust bowl, but I hope it does well for Luke and his family.
My only complaint is that the ending was a bit abrupt. Yes, we get to see Luke Dick's life wrapped up with a nice bow - along with some of the closer related people - but I would have liked to see maybe a montage showing those we saw throughout the film with a "where they are now". For example, I understand that Otis has passed on, sadly. No mention of that from Luke.
If you are from the OKC area (or spent any time there in the '70s-'80s), give this one a try. You are sure to be transported back to a time that was both simpler and more complicated.
If you've never been to my great state, give this movie a try anyway. See how the other half lived.
