Red Dog

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.

I had no idea who this guy was who any of these people were before I watch this movie . I clicked on it and I think it's one of the greatest documentaries ever really heartfelt. Being sober myself I get the whole crazy drug life stuff that went on but there's a lot of love here I recommend watching this movie. Luke's mom is the coolest she is so funny. In constantly having to weed through all the user reviews that are friends of the movie makers or whatever I must say I am not one of those but I love this movie unconditionally.

The only reason I even watched this documentary was because of the pictures it showed on the screen in the Hulu app but the stories that were told thru the eyes of the employees of the Red Dog saloon is what kept me watching.. It was such a well made make ya laugh one minute and have you on the edge of tears the next documentary..!

Singer-songwriter, Andy Dick, reviews his life and the deep connection that he has to The Red Dog Saloon, a strip club and biker bar in Oklahoma City, OK. His mom was an exotic dancer there and he was friends and family to many of the crazy and drugged out characters that frequented the bar in the nineteen eighties. A strangely moving portrait of weirdly crude, yet complicated people who have come to terms with the good and bad life choices that they've made.

This is one of the best personal documentaries I have ever seen. It's not about a historic event or a famous person it's simply about people and being human. This is story telling at its finest and if something about this documentary doesn't connect to you I would be extremely surprised. The filmmaker and especially his mother are a pure joy to watch as well as all the others cast if personalities who were a part of this story. There are no judgements here and no apologies just a level of truth seldom seen today but it's that pure honesty that allows you to connect at a level deeper and the filmmaker does an excellent job of showing that truth in a mostly humorous yet touching story about a strip club in Oklahoma. Don't pass this up if you have the opportunity to watch it, you will walk away feeling better for it!