OKC: Upstaged by Tulsa Again?

[metro]

Are you forgetting to count the times you were the original "swake" that got kicked off the site if I remember correctly, and not just posts from "swake2"?

[Swake2]

No, I didn't get kicked off, I ended that account and didn't come here for like six months because of all the crap from certain posters on here.

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My eighty posts was since I registered, that gave a specific date (six months ago) and number of posts (now eighty five).

[HFK]

I suppose that we're wandered far afield, but to return to the original topic, it doesn't appear that the broadcasts have anything to do with Imax: at least one of the other theaters listed isn't Imax.

[okcpulse]

Okay, folks, that's enough. Anymore attacks and this topic will close.

[writerranger]

Wow. This is so incredibly immature. This state has two great cities, and the quicker we realize that there's no "cultural contest" and accept both cities for what they are, the better for all of us. I can't believe this silliness is still going on. Imax, Iwerks, Opera, Theatre...Tulsa has some things OKC does not and OKC has things Tulsa does not. Big deal! That's what makes the drive up and down the Turner Turnpike a nice weekend trip - either direction.
Tulsa's a great city, Oklahoma City is a great city. I appreciate - and celebrate - our differences.

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[Easy180]

Ok...I have wanted to stay off this thread, but I just can't any longer...Nothing gets me more riled up than which city has better opera

[metro]

well said writewranger.

[traxx]

Swake dude, cool it. If anyone makes even the slightest mention of Tulsa (positive or negative) you're RIGHT THERE to make sure we all know how great Tulsa is. Sounds like you're the one with the complex. I happen to like Tulsa and think it has a lot to offer the state, it's just people like you that bug me.

As much as I'd like to have a true IMAX for OKC, it wouldn't be to watch opera. Watching a live feed of an opera is like going on a virtual date with a supermodel. What's the point? Just buy the DVD. I'd rather see it live.

As Larry the Cable Guy says "y'know what Tulsa spelled backwards is..." Larry is culture, I don't care who ya are.

[stlokc]

I just glanced at the list of theaters that will be showing the Metropolitan Opera, and have deduced that the lack of an OKC outlet can't have anything to do with a perceived "lack of culture." There are theaters in Appleton, Wisconsin, Boise, Idaho, Pearl, Mississippi, etc. that are showing it. Perhaps there is some perfectly reasonable unknown reason it is not in OKC. If it were only being shown in the Dallases, Chicagos, Phillys of the world and Tulsa was included that would be more of a black mark against OKC. As it stands, it might appear to be more of a fluke than anything else.

[Patrick]

Exactly. It has more to do with facilities. Each city has it's own facilities that make it unique and attractable to stars nationwide. Remember, in the future, Tulsa will be passed up for major concerts, because we have 20K seats to sell, and they have 16K. If you're wanting to sell tickets, you're going to OKC. I think I'll give up opera for a larger arena.

By the way, I enjoyed a nice trip to Tulsa this past weekend. Yes, I enjoy visiting our sister city. Had a nice time at the malls and Utica Square.

I took a look at the arena in downtown Tulsa. I must say, I'm happy Tulsa is getting an arena, but it looks like it's going to be more the size of the Cox Center Arena. I think Tulsans should be disappointed in this.

[jbrown84]

I was at Tinseltown last night and they adveritsed this. Seems they are partnered with Cinemark and it's likely that has something to do with the randomness of the locations for this. Even if AMC had built an IMAX at Quail a year ago as they announced, we probably still wouldn't get it.

[HOT ROD]

Oh well.

Time to move on. .....

[Spartan]

well said writewranger.

I love guys who start acting belligerent and then turn sentimental. Don't we all?

Loveya metro.

Back to the topic, it seems odd that the Metropolitan Opera would forget OKC, considering Leona Mitchell is from Enid.

[fsusurfer]

My girlfriend is an Opera singer. She has an audition for the Met in Tulsa next month.

My girlfriend ended up being one of the three winners this past weekend at the MET audition/competition! She is off to St. Louis in a few weeks for the regional. If she should happen to win that, shes off to NYC. Im so happy for her!

[Karried]

Congrats! That is quite an accomplishment.. good for her!

[NE Oasis]

The biggest technological leap was the broadcasting of some of this season's performances in Live HD, to various Theaters across the country.

I immediately attributed the choice of venues as yet another indication of at least a perceived lack of interest in high-culture in the OKC Metro. However, perhaps there are technical, rather than cultural, reasons?

Or maybe financial reasons. The big city of Shawnee, Oklahoma has an independent cinema operator who recently went "all digital", giving him the option to receive live feeds of many events. Maybe he needs input from the OKC metro concerning which events to consider.