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MikeWaters · 05-23-2006, 08:21 PM

handling of the murder of gay character, but for different reasons of course.

This is from IMDB:

Gay Groups Praise Killing Off Of Gay Mobster on 'The Sopranos'
Two prominent gay groups in the U.S. have praised the handling of the killing of gay mobster Vito Spatafore, played by Joe Gannascoli, on Sunday night's The Sopranos. In an interview with today's (Tuesday) New York Daily News, Damon Romine, entertainment media director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination (GLAAD), remarked, "This was a story that laid bare the ugliness of prejudice and bigotry of so many characters on the show." The episode, said Romine, demonstrated how cable -- in this case, HBO -- presents "multidimensional" gay characters, unlike the broadcast network. Likewise, Matt Farber, president of Wilderness Media and founder of the gay cable channel MTV Logo, told the newspaper, "In many facets of America today, people are still not accepted for who they naturally are. Being killed for it, obviously, is an extreme -- though a few people have been."

05-23-2006, 08:21 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Mullahs and gay groups both pleased over Sopranos handling of the murder of gay character, but for different reasons of course. This is from IMDB: Gay Groups Praise Killing Off Of Gay Mobster on 'The Sopranos' Two prominent gay groups in the U.S. have praised the handling of the killing of gay mobster Vito Spatafore, played by Joe Gannascoli, on Sunday night's The Sopranos. In an interview with today's (Tuesday) New York Daily News, Damon Romine, entertainment media director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination (GLAAD), remarked, "This was a story that laid bare the ugliness of prejudice and bigotry of so many characters on the show." The episode, said Romine, demonstrated how cable -- in this case, HBO -- presents "multidimensional" gay characters, unlike the broadcast network. Likewise, Matt Farber, president of Wilderness Media and founder of the gay cable channel MTV Logo, told the newspaper, "In many facets of America today, people are still not accepted for who they naturally are. Being killed for it, obviously, is an extreme -- though a few people have been."