Sopranos Series 6 Episode 6
It was indeed left of center in the last Sopranos’ season when top-earner Vito Spatafore was seen by Meadow Soprano’s boyfriend, Finn performing oral sex on a security guard. We knew then this was not going to be some throwaway scene and there would be permeations in that story arc down the track. Here we are in the next season, and things are getting decidely uncomfortable for the gay mobster. The word is out that he is gay, and even tho he is one of boss Soprano’s number one guys - that don’t matter when you’re a homosexual. You may as well be broadcasting on radio ‘W-RAT’.
Tony’s crew all have their mind made up. Vito must die. They are all jockeying for position on who should do the actual deed. That is, when they’re not laughing themselves silly with schoolyard humour and one-liners. (And when there’s one-liners being flung about, you know there’s gonna be some gold Paulie Walnuts moments!)
Vito Spatafore, played beautifully by actor Joe Gannascoli, is enjoying his increased air-time now that the gay story arc is unfolding. It was Gannascoli’s idea to make Vito homosexual.
“I saw him as, like, a cross between Mike Tyson and Liberace,” the 47-year-old Brooklyn-born actor told The Associated Press. “I wanted to make him sort of in self-denial, self-loathing, a real gay hater.”
And so Vito Spatafore has a stay of execution for another week. Whether he succumbs and decides to off himself, or whether the looming black-cloud of homophobic mobsters eventually get to him - he will need to either ‘live free or die’. Of course his fate rests in the hands of boss Tony Soprano - but Vito is in hiding and no where to be seen. The ultimate and tragic irony will be if Soprano tells his goons to lay off, but the exiled Vito will end up killing himself regardless.
“Put vito on the phone”
“Who”
“What, you got his dick in ya mouth!?”
“Hey man fuck you, I just found this phone”
“What?”
“Hold on man”—
CRUNCH***
now that was gold!
Loved the reaction of Rosalie Aprile when Meadow says Finn saw Vito giving a guy a blowjob. It looked like someone slapped her with a fish!
LMAO
Funniest episode since Pine Barrens.
I thought it was a fairly satisfying episode. They tied up a few loose ends. However, there’s been way too much Vito time in the past two weeks. It looks like next week, they take a break from Jersey operations to focus on more of Christophah’s Hollywood bullshit and Ben Kingsley’s cameo. I thought they’d at least take a few moments to whack Rusty Milio. I was always hoping that Maedo and Carmella would compare notes on Vito. I’ll bet that once Finn’s totally in the clear from the Vito bullshit, he’s going to dump her like a block of cheddah he ate a week ago.