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Sopranos: Bookie
says gay Vito's sexuality makes him prime candidate
to be whacked
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odds on 18 regular characters of "The Sopranos"
being the first to be killed off in the upcoming
season. Soprano family soldier Vito Spatafore is the
early favorite to be the first character rubbed out
at 6/1 odds (i.e., win $6 for every $1 bet).
"No other successful television program produces the
suspense of "The Sopranos," where fans constantly
speculate who'll be the next to 'sleep with the
fishes,'" said Simon Noble of PinnacleSports.com, an
online betting site that allows gamblers to bet
online using their credit card, eCheck or other
popular online funding methods. "It's rumored that
Vito gets whacked while out of town on business;
whether that's for his past sexual relations with
another man or for a new beef is unknown.
Last year, Vito's sexual digressions became known
when Meadow Sopranos boyfriend unwittingly stumbled
upon him receiving oral sex by a male security in a
parked vehicle. Vito's interests soon turned
to Meadow's boyfriend, Finn. The irony of this
all being that Vito was responsible for whacking
Meadow's first boyfriend. No online sportsbook
lists Finn among those likely to be whacked first
this season.
Vito Spatafore
(played by actor Joe Gannascoli), scion of the
Spatafore Construction family and cousin of the
Apriles, is a member of the late Ralph Cifaretto's
crew. That crew has seen a variety of capos come and
go in the last few years - before Ralph it was Gigi
Cestone, and before Gigi it was Richie Aprile - and
Vito was loyal to all of them. Relatively mellow for
a made man, Vito rarely loses his temper, even when
his sizable girth is the subject of his comrades'
jokes.
But it would be a mistake to underestimate Vito's
capabilities; he couldn't survive as a soldier for
so many years if he wasn't willing to step up. When
his little brother, Bryan, was put in a coma by a
head case named Mustang Sally, Vito spoke directly
to Tony and made his point clear: "I want this
cocksucker to bleed from his ass." And, when Ralph
ordered the hit on Jackie Aprile, Jr., it was Vito
who fired a bullet into the back of his own cousin's
head.
Vito's proclivities
of the not-so-wise-guy sort is a first for the
hardcore mobster series.
"It adds a
lot of depth to the character," actor Joseph
Gannascoli, who plays the newly outed
mobster,
said.
In the real
mob, being
gay
can add real depth -- about 6 feet underground.
Vincent (Vinny
Ocean) Palermo, former boss of New Jersey's
DeCalvacante family, said to be the model for "The
Sopranos,"
testified shortly after the episode aired that
gay
gangsters are in fact killed.
"What's the
rule . . . about this?" federal prosecutor John
Hillebrecht asked the mob turncoat on Wednesday.
"You die,"
Palermo replied.
That was the
punishment meted out to DeCalvacante wise guy John
D'Amato in 1992, whom Palermo ordered whacked after
being told his underling had rendezvoused with
another man at a swingers club.
Over lunch
at a Brooklyn restaurant, Gannascoli took pains to
point out he is not
gay
-- adding just as quickly, "Not that there is
anything wrong with it. My problem is, I love
women," he said.
Gannascoli
did say he relished the challenge of playing a
homosexual. "It was my idea many years ago to have
my character be
gay,
having read and known about
gay
wise guys," he said. "I want to be effeminate but
knockaround."
Still, Tony
Sirico, who plays Paulie Walnuts on the show,
grabbed Gannascoli by the arm last season and asked:
"You OK with this? You want me to have a talk with
(the show's creator) David Chase?"
At 6 to 1 odds, Vito
offers great value as the first Soprano character to
be whacked during Season 6.
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