The Gay Mobster 'Sopranos' Wrers Used as the Basis for Vo Spatafore

Contents:

• ''THE SOPRANOS'': TONY'S GAY ISSU
• ‘THE SOPRANOS’ BELONGS TO THE GAYS NOW
• THE GAY MOBSTER ‘SOPRANOS’ WRERS USED AS THE BASIS FOR VO SPATAFORE
• JOE GANNASLI DISCS HIS LIFE DURG AND SCE PLAYG GAY MOBSTER VO SPATAFORE ON ‘THE SOPRANOS’
• GAY ‘SOPRANOS’ MOBSTER FDS A B OF FAME
• HOW GAY IS VO OM THE SOPRANOS?

''THE SOPRANOS'': TONY'S GAY ISSU

In 2004, the Season 5 episo "Unintified Black Mal", is disclosed to viewers Vo is fact homosexual after he is seen performg fellat on a secury guard early one morng at the Esplana nstctn se by Meadow's boyiend, Fn De Trol.

Vo at the gay bar.

‘THE SOPRANOS’ BELONGS TO THE GAYS NOW

Later, that eveng while makg a llectn at a gay bar, two Lupertazzi Fay associat, one named Sal Iaccuzzo, saw Vo dancg provotively wh a gay man. The Iaccuzzo character was based on real-life Gambo Crime Fay po Matthew Lanniello, who was known to extort and own several nightclubs New York Cy that tered to homosexual clientele.

Vo claimed that his homosexual behavr had been ed by meditn.

THE GAY MOBSTER ‘SOPRANOS’ WRERS USED AS THE BASIS FOR VO SPATAFORE

Lupertazzi crime fay boss Phil Leotardo, a vilent homophobe, mand Vo's ath, so Tony quietly arranged for Carlo Gervasi to make a h on Vo.

JOE GANNASLI DISCS HIS LIFE DURG AND SCE PLAYG GAY MOBSTER VO SPATAFORE ON ‘THE SOPRANOS’

It was later revealed that Vo was found wh a pool cue stick his rectum, a msage that he was killed bee of his homosexualy.

GAY ‘SOPRANOS’ MOBSTER FDS A B OF FAME

Phil Leotardo later told Vo's wife, Marie, that her hband was probably killed by two homosexual transients Vo had picked up at a bar.

On ''The Sopranos, '' Vo go to hidg when everyone learns his secret, and Tony has to ci his top earner's fate Jam Gandolfi ”The Sopranos”: Tony’s gay issu The optns are right there on every New Hampshire license plate: Live Free or Die. ”Every f—’ TV show, they b your nose , ” Tony observ, examg the subject of homosexualy Dr. But actually, Tony is onto somethg when he blam televisn, as is another ep, theologil-md mobster who pontifit that Vo’s secret gay life ”mak a mockery of the whole sacrament.

HOW GAY IS VO OM THE SOPRANOS?

” See, here’s the thg: The latt episo of The Sopranos is, on the face of , about Vo’s chanc of livg ee or dyg as a gay man.

But, all this heterosexism and flattened nuance ignor the obv tth: The Sopranos belongs to the gays now.

And while some of the Gays of Gabagool have been fans sce the begng, seems many of them have only disvered recently, via word of mouth. But this new realy rais qutns: How did a show about vlent straight men bee so popular wh queer and trans people, pecially given the racism, misogyny and homophobia shows?