Joe Gannasli reflects on his groundbreakg character Vo om The Sopranos, who is the godfather of gay TV gangsters.
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- NETFLX'S CRIME DRAMA "NARS" FEATUR STEAMY GAY SCENE IN NEW {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHSEPTEMBER 5, 2017/1:19 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}NETFLIXBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHSEPTEMBER 5, 2017 / 1:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NETFLX'S CRIME DRAMA \"NARS\" FEATUR STEAMY GAY SCENE IN NEW SEASON","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-05T17:19:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-05T17:19:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THIRD SEASON OF NARS DROPPED ON NETFLIX OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THE PREMIERE OF THE GRTY DG RTEL DRAMA NTAED A SURPRISGLY STEAMY SCENE BETWEEN TWO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE FIRST EPISO OF THE NEW SEASON FEARED CALI CARTEL DON HELMER “PACHO” HERRERA (ALBERTO AMMANN) ENTERED A CROWD CLUB SEEKG VLENCE, BUT STEAD GRABBED A MAN FOR AN EROTIC TANGO ON THE DANCE FLOOR ONT OF THE OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST TWO SEASONS OF NARS FOCED ON COLOMBIAN DG LORD PABLO ESBAR, BUT THE NEW SEASON MORE SCREEN TIME HAS BEEN VOTED TO PACHO—AND HOPEFULLY MORE SCREEN TIME WILL MEAN MORE SEXY SCEN BETWEEN HIM AND OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS A WAY TO SHOW HOW CRAZY THIS GUY ULD BE AND A LTLE SSERT BEFORE [THE KILL],” AMMANN, WHO PLAYS PACHO, TOLD COMPLEX, WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHEN YOU SAW THE GIRLS AND GUYS WATCHG THE UPLE DANCG AND KISSG, THERE’S SO MUCH THEIR LOOKS. NOBODY LGHS OR MOV A HAIR BEE THEY KNOW THIS GUY IS TERRIBLE AND VERY VLENT AND HE’S DOG THIS FOR RPECT AND TO SHUT UP EVERYONE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO ACRDG TO COMPLEX, REPORTER WILLIAM C. REMPEL’S BOOK, AT THE DEVIL'S TABLE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE INSIR WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE CALI CARTEL, "THE REAL PACHO WAS OUT, PROUD AND OVERSAW THE GROUP’S MOST GOME ATHS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMMANN EXPLAS THAT CLUDG THE SEXUAL SCEN WH PACHO IS BRAVE FOR THE SERI—PECIALLY WH THE SERI BEG SHOWN LS PROGRSIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WH THIS STUPID DISCRIMATN AROUND THE WORLD,” HE SAYS. “IN THE NARS WORLD, HAD NEVER HAPPENED THIS WAY WH A BOSS A RTEL. THAT MA THIS CHARACTER SO TERTG TO ME AND A WAY TO UNRSTAND HOW FAR THIS GUY ULD GO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH PACHO TANGO WH HIS MALE DANCE PARTNER THE CLIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ALBERTO AMMANN’S (NARS) BGRAPHY: HEIGHT, WIFE OR GAY?
- CRICS PRAISE GAY DG LORD FROM NETFLIX'S 'NARS'
- BARRY’S NOHO HANK: JT ANOTHER A SERI OF GAY TELEVISN MOBSTERS
- HELMER HERRERA A.K.A. PACHO HERRERA OM “NARS:” WAS PACHO HERRERA REALLY GAY?
NETFLX'S CRIME DRAMA "NARS" FEATUR STEAMY GAY SCENE IN NEW {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHSEPTEMBER 5, 2017/1:19 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}NETFLIXBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHSEPTEMBER 5, 2017 / 1:19 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NETFLX'S CRIME DRAMA \"NARS\" FEATUR STEAMY GAY SCENE IN NEW SEASON","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-05T17:19:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-05T17:19:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THIRD SEASON OF NARS DROPPED ON NETFLIX OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THE PREMIERE OF THE GRTY DG RTEL DRAMA NTAED A SURPRISGLY STEAMY SCENE BETWEEN TWO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE FIRST EPISO OF THE NEW SEASON FEARED CALI CARTEL DON HELMER “PACHO” HERRERA (ALBERTO AMMANN) ENTERED A CROWD CLUB SEEKG VLENCE, BUT STEAD GRABBED A MAN FOR AN EROTIC TANGO ON THE DANCE FLOOR ONT OF THE OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST TWO SEASONS OF NARS FOCED ON COLOMBIAN DG LORD PABLO ESBAR, BUT THE NEW SEASON MORE SCREEN TIME HAS BEEN VOTED TO PACHO—AND HOPEFULLY MORE SCREEN TIME WILL MEAN MORE SEXY SCEN BETWEEN HIM AND OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS A WAY TO SHOW HOW CRAZY THIS GUY ULD BE AND A LTLE SSERT BEFORE [THE KILL],” AMMANN, WHO PLAYS PACHO, TOLD COMPLEX, WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHEN YOU SAW THE GIRLS AND GUYS WATCHG THE UPLE DANCG AND KISSG, THERE’S SO MUCH THEIR LOOKS. NOBODY LGHS OR MOV A HAIR BEE THEY KNOW THIS GUY IS TERRIBLE AND VERY VLENT AND HE’S DOG THIS FOR RPECT AND TO SHUT UP EVERYONE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO ACRDG TO COMPLEX, REPORTER WILLIAM C. REMPEL’S BOOK, AT THE DEVIL'S TABLE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE INSIR WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE CALI CARTEL, "THE REAL PACHO WAS OUT, PROUD AND OVERSAW THE GROUP’S MOST GOME ATHS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMMANN EXPLAS THAT CLUDG THE SEXUAL SCEN WH PACHO IS BRAVE FOR THE SERI—PECIALLY WH THE SERI BEG SHOWN LS PROGRSIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WH THIS STUPID DISCRIMATN AROUND THE WORLD,” HE SAYS. “IN THE NARS WORLD, HAD NEVER HAPPENED THIS WAY WH A BOSS A RTEL. THAT MA THIS CHARACTER SO TERTG TO ME AND A WAY TO UNRSTAND HOW FAR THIS GUY ULD GO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH PACHO TANGO WH HIS MALE DANCE PARTNER THE CLIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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Personal lifeAlberto’s character “Nars” is gay. After a sctive and passnate scene wh Alberto’s character and male love tert the first episo of the third season, some people have e to believe that Alberto is a closeted gay.
Netflix’s h seri Nars premiered s third season on September 1 and, after two seasons of a vlent, semi-historil acunt of the war agast dgs Colombia the 1980s and '90s, the show cid to go one step further by highlightg and focg on famo dg lord Pacho Herrara’s homosexual orientatn. Pacho Herrera legimately did lead an openly gay liftyle, so this pictn do not necsarily have to bend history to liberal valu.
ALBERTO AMMANN’S (NARS) BGRAPHY: HEIGHT, WIFE OR GAY?
Decir not that “watchg a gay man portrayed wh the same perverse reverence that TV has lend to classic antihero like Walter Whe is amazg to watch. It’s weird how limg people or even characters to one qualy is a-okay when volv a gay romance scene.
Complex's article tled ‘Nars’ Season 3 is Revolutnizg What Means To Be a Powerful Gay Man refers to the sexual portrayal as “ccial” sce the show is set the mid-90s which was an “era that was not always iendly to the LGBTQ muny. Lee was gay his statue would be protected. 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.
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.
CRICS PRAISE GAY DG LORD FROM NETFLIX'S 'NARS'
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.
BARRY’S NOHO HANK: JT ANOTHER A SERI OF GAY TELEVISN MOBSTERS
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.
HELMER HERRERA A.K.A. PACHO HERRERA OM “NARS:” WAS PACHO HERRERA REALLY GAY?
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.