Column: ‘Oklahoma’ can soothe the savage beast
Artwork by Nathan Poppe
This story ran in the June 9 issue of Look@OKC.
Tulsa native Jack Roberts watched in amazement as a potential coffee shop hire awkwardly turned a job interview into a World’s Strongest Man contest.
Roberts’ interviewee flexed his biceps to answer a question about character growth.
This interview was confusing and inspiring, but nonetheless it sparked Roberts’ writing process for “The Rock ’n’ Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher.” After three years of writing, Roberts migrated from West Hollywood back to Tulsa with his friend and “Duncan” director Justin Monroe to make a movie several muscles influenced.
Instead of staying in Los Angeles, Roberts and Monroe followed their ears in 2008 to Oklahoma in order to film a rock opus about karaoke stars.
And this gives me chills.
Video: Charlie Christian International Festival
I shot this video last Saturday and wrote a story about this long-running jazz festival.
