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This 'Sopranos' Season 6 Storyline May Contain Done More Damage Than Good
The Sopranosalways took a singular approach to its characters, introducing modern faces as if the audience had known them all along, and occasionally elevating a relatively minor character to a place of greater importance. One such case came late in the series, when Tony's (James Gandolfini) captain, Vito Spatafore (Joseph R. Gannascoli), rose from recurring personality to one of the series' main points of center in Season 6, choosing to flee mob life after being outed as gay.
Vito's arc in Season 6 becomes very important on a plot level, as it provides more fuel for the growing argue between Tony's Unused Jersey crew and the New York-based Lupertazzi family, particularly with high-ranking captain Phil Leotardo (Frank Vincent). However, the decision to concentrate so much on Vito's sexuality and his brief connection with New Hampshire diner owner Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski (John Costelloe) leaves some lingering questions as to the series' intent for his character on a thematic level. Let's talk about it.
Vito's Modern Hampshire Hideout
Near the commencement of Season 6, Vito is discovered partying by
The Sopranos was a exhibition with some wild twists, but arguably its most shocking revelation was that Vito Spatafore, the portly capo of the Aprile crew and one of Tony’s best earners, was actually a closeted lgbtq+. Initially spotted by Meadow’s boyfriend Finn DeTrolio going down on a security guard, Vito’s proclivities remained a secret to the rest of the crew from season five until a few episodes into season six. Vito gets spotted at a leather bar, mid lasso twist, and is forced to flee his closeted animation, building up to a sort of “lost weekend” in New Hampshire in possibly my favorite episode, “Johnny Cakes.”
We’ve been discussing all of these episodes in-depth on our Sopranos podcast, Pod Yourself A Gun. Recently, we got in touch with Joe Gannascoli, the star who played Vito. Actually, he emailed us out of the blue. As it turns out, Gannascoli’s story is as compelling as his character’s. Gannascoli, who had originally appeared as a bakery customer named “Gino” in season one (one of only three actors to compete more than one speaking character on the reveal, the other two having both played twins),
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The word is out: Vito is definitely male lover. Finn confirms this in the series' single funniest scene. "You mean he's catching rather than pitching?" says as astonished Paulie. The boys feel betrayed and clamor for Vito's head. Tony decides otherwise, although he is conflicted. Vito, after all, is his top money dawg. Meanwhile, Vito almost buys the farm as some of Tony's thugs shut in on him, but he manages to break out, ending up in a small New Hampshire town. He easily spots some gays in town. Who wouldn't? The episode is proof you can never be sure where this show is headed. This unexpected gay subplot will continue for several episodes, and is not to everyone's tastes, mine included. But I recognize the sheer brilliance of the writing and the star who plays Vito is a riot.
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Rumours about Vito start to circulate as he keeps a low profile.
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The Real Reason Vito Got A Love Story On 'The Sopranos'
The Sopranos' love storyline is easily one of the more important in the entire series. Arguably, the choice to comprise a story about the ramifications of being lgbtq+ or bi within a strict, conservative hierarchal world such as the mob was important to all of television. While many debate the merits of gay actors playing linear characters and straight actors playing gay characters, there's no doubt that Joseph R. Gannascoli's portrayal of Vito Spatafore was influential. Because of his recital, we understood the effort he had coming out under mob rule and in a culture that demonized homosexuality. While his character's end was tragic, it was also concrete. not just in a symbolic sense but almost in a literal one as well. Here's the truth about the inclusion of Vito's gay love-story in HBO's very correct mob drama.
Joe Suggested The Story For Vito
Then groundwork for Vito's final storyline in The Sopranos was laid in Season Five when Meadow's boyfriend caught Vito in a romantic moment with a guy. But it wasn't until Season Six that this story thread was explored. Vito's confidential life started to fetch leaked to Tony Sopr
Last week, the player Joseph Gannascoli—who, as Vito on The Sopranos,is living out this television season’s only great tragic love story—was tooling around Lynbrook, Lengthy Island, in a new silver Mercedes R350 with a back seat filled with flowering plants. He was wearing a Giants sweatshirt and sneakers, and was taking a reporter on a tour through his neighborhood’s quiet maze of split-level houses and manicured, postage-stamp lawns. He pulled up in front of an unassuming two-story white home, which he and his wife, Diana, moved into last August—the first residence the actor has owned, after letting go of a rent-controlled apartment in his old stomping ground of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, after 25 years.
Mr. Gannascoli, who at 47 is still a large man even after losing 160 pounds, removed the plants from the back of the Mercedes and hung them carefully off the branches of a tree on the front lawn. He was stepping gingerly after undergoing hip surgery five weeks earlier. He proudly pointed out some yard work: a mosaic-tiled fowl bath and, plunked down in the grass, a huge boulder that he thinks looks favor a bear. Looking at the boulder, he paused and said, “How prolonged till they document ‘fag’