How the Mob Helped Establish NYC’s Gay Bar Scene | HISTORY

Contents:

• 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 THE MOB HELPED ESTABLISH NYC’S GAY BAR SCENE
• WHAT GAY BARS TELL ABOUT THE GOLN AGE OF TELEVISN
• HOW GAY IS VO OM THE SOPRANOS?

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

The Sopranos was a show wh some wild twists, but arguably s most shockg revelatn was that Vo Spatafore, the portly po of the Aprile crew and one of Tony’s bt earners, was actually a closeted homosexual. He’d pched to one of the wrers after learng about a real-life gay mobster om a book he was readg, lled Murr Mache. Sce fdg fame on The Sopranos, Gannasli has published a novel, gotten married (“I got married late, and I said ‘I gotta get married quick here bee people are really gog to thk that I’m gay, ’ so was a sh job.

GAY ‘SOPRANOS’ MOBSTER FDS A B OF FAME

You talked about them rporatg real-life thgs wh the actors to the show, but the whole Vo arc where he’s gay, that was your ia, right?

And one of the characters was gay and I thought that was… I was like, “Wow, was a gay mobster.

They’re so homophobic that even the portrayal of a gay man on TV they’re like, “I don’t like . I worked a gay rtrant.

HOW THE MOB HELPED ESTABLISH NYC’S GAY BAR SCENE

If you have a problem wh gays you shouldn’t be the rtrant bs. In the episo where they disver that Vo’s gay at the leather bar, do you remember what you were thkg the first time that they me and showed you the wardrobe that you were gog to have for that?

”Drsed appropriate leather bar attire, Vo Spatafore — the heretofore closeted gay mobster — was sighted by a uple wiseguys who me by the sweaty S&M jot to llect their protectn money. )Now that the gay story le is heatg up, the 47-year-old Brooklyn-born actor is immensely pleased, part bee was his ia to make Vo homosexual. “I wanted to make him sort of self-nial, self-loathg, a real gay hater.

WHAT GAY BARS TELL ABOUT THE GOLN AGE OF TELEVISN

”Gannasli’s suggtn was spired by the book “Murr Mache, ” about the Gambo fay, which had an openly gay member also named Vo. But even amid all the recent gay buzz, Gannasli knows the reactn to Vo won’t be all posive. Vo Beg Cght In A Gay Club.

Even a layman like me is aware of the mafia's fluence shakg down and takg stak gay bars. He was heavily volved the gay bar tra.

HOW GAY IS VO OM THE SOPRANOS?

It's not jt gay bars, most stripclubs and peep shows had lks, however tenuo, to the mob. Wh all this backstory, how likely is really that someone Vo's posn would take the chance of gog to a gay bar a cy lol to him and engage wanton generacy, right out there the open.

Mobsters have been murred for beg spected of beg gay wh ltle or no tangible proof. When Vo got ught at the gay bar, why didn't he jt pretend he was jt there makg a llectn or that he was about the rob the place? 2 mentMy dad rewatched the show wh me and HATED his gay love scenmrbeaver6177 sep 20201Ayyy Bsfan96 your not gonna believe this Vo Spatafore is an ass muncherToyota7 sep 20200.