Joe Gannasli reflects on his groundbreakg character Vo om The Sopranos, who is the godfather of gay TV gangsters.
Contents:
- BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET
- BARRY MANILOW REVEALS HE IS GAY
- ‘BARRY’ STARS ANTHONY CARRIGAN AND MICHAEL IRBY ON PLAYG THE CUTT GAY MOBSTER COUPLE ON TV
- BARRY’S NOHO HANK: JT ANOTHER A SERI OF GAY TELEVISN MOBSTERS
- IS GENE BARRY GAY?
- IS THE FLASH GAY THE MOVIE?
BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET
At 73, Barry Manilow announc he is gay, married, and has been wh the same man for almost 40 years * barry is gay *
Barry Manilow opened up about beg gay a rare terview about his private life. ”“I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay.
Manilow on Wednday nfirmed that he was gay, that he and Kief have been together almost 40 years, and that they are married.
BARRY MANILOW REVEALS HE IS GAY
* barry is gay *
At 73, Barry Manilow announc he is gay, married, and has been wh the same man for almost 40 years. ‘I thought I would be disappotg [my fans] if they knew I was gay.
The sger Barry Manilow has said publicly that he is gay after keepg his sexualy secret for s for fear of “disappotg his fans”. “I thought I would be disappotg them if they knew I was gay. “Not que sure how I’m gonna tell my mum that Barry Manilow is gay, ” said Takei, the gay actor bt known for his work the Star Trek televisn seri, was one of the first stars to react to the news on Twter.
‘BARRY’ STARS ANTHONY CARRIGAN AND MICHAEL IRBY ON PLAYG THE CUTT GAY MOBSTER COUPLE ON TV
Is Gene Barry Gay? Come and disver what has been said lately about this and what's Gene Barry sayg about this. * barry is gay *
Femist wrer Roxane Gay said: “I didn’t realise Barry Manilow was the closet! And not necsarily beg gay, or beg a relatnship. Anthony Carrigan's character NoHo Hank was revealed to be gay the Season 3 premiere of "Barry" on HBO.
BARRY’S NOHO HANK: JT ANOTHER A SERI OF GAY TELEVISN MOBSTERS
Openly gay actor Rightor Doyle plays Nick Nicholby, a fellow Coe voté, but there’s no real ditor of his character’s sexualy. I gus wasn't too much of a surprise when NoHo Hank, an unsavory character om the h HBO seri Barry, was revealed to be gay.
IS GENE BARRY GAY?
He is also a thls killer, and while he across fun-lovgly, he's anythg revelatn that he was gay was treated as no big al by tle character Barry, played brilliantly by Bill Har, who also -created the show. Har's Barry is a hired h man, so his teractns wh Hank are not only edic but vlent, or rooted nfirmed my spicns -- my gaydar went off wh him season 1 -- that he was gay when he was outed the season 3 opener. His sexualy is prented wh a touch of flamboyance and sills, jt like the other attribut of his mob boss beg gay got me thkg about other mob, rtel, or gang members on other h televisn shows who are gay too and how their sexualy is more matter-of-fact and not sensatnalized.
Beg gay is treated a way that do not dimish their menacg nduct or their masculy.
Pacho, a Colombian portrayed the show by Argentian actor Alberto Ammann, was head of distributn and secury for the Cali dg also happened to be gay.
IS THE FLASH GAY THE MOVIE?
The fact that Mickey is an obnox, cel jerk who, aga, happens to be gay, was part of what ma him so -- well, I'll jt say , shamels. Another gay neighborhood crimal was om HBO's blood-soaked seri The Wire. The fact that all the men were gay was treated as a given.
They were villas first, and y, some episos of each seri voted storyl to the fact that they were gay, but at the end of the day, wasn't a big al. However, what sets Gannasli's character apart om the others is that when Vo was outed as gay the seri almost 20 years ago, was not only a major twist on the show but was also big news pop culture. A mob character who was gay?