Bad Publicity "To Die For"

I haven’t addressed Joseph Gannascoli’s pool-cue-to-die-for controversy – you know, the “Sopranos” actor whose character was sodomized and beaten to death with a pool cue took it on himself to market potential instruments of hate crime – and subsequent withdrawal from the market. Because, you know, there aren’t many ways to approach this that don’t involve offending those who want to protect our precious future.

But you do sort of wonder what anyone involved in this was thinking. Gannascoli has naturally destroyed the good will he engendered from the gay community with his portrayal of a gay mob guy, and who in their right mind would buy something that would be associated with such a grisly sex and hate crime? It’s almost like some half-baked scheme that Chris Hansen and his “To Catch a Predator” crew would cook up.