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==Cast==
==Cast==
*Renee Graziano is the daughter of [[Anthony Graziano]], current [[consigliere]] of the [[Bonanno crime family]], and ex-wife of Hector "Junior" Pagan Jr who has been charged with various mafia crimes.<ref>http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/04/17/mob-wives-renee-graziano-karen-gravano-drita-davanzo-carla-facciolo/</ref><ref>http://www.realitytea.com/tag/junior-pagan/</ref><ref>http://starcasm.net/archives/95831</ref> She describes herself as a "loud, foul-mouthed drama queen."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/mob_mentality_nqOOqdREeWg8l3THxVo58M | work=New York Post | first=Melanie | last=Lefkowitz | title=&apos;Mob&apos; mentality | date=24 May 2011}}</ref> [[The New York Post]] reports that her father, Bonanno consigliere [[Anthony Graziano]], will no longer speak with her, or her sister Jennifer (the creator of Mob Wives), as a result of her appearing on the show.<ref>http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/married_to_the_mob_m5Ur79Y9DWIgfsP0fhsBqJ</ref> Her son "A.J." has stated that he does not want to go into "the life", and wants to go to university and become an engineer.
*Italian-American Renee Graziano is the daughter of [[Anthony Graziano]], current [[consigliere]] of the [[Bonanno crime family]], and ex-wife of Hector "Junior" Pagan Jr who has been charged with various mafia crimes.<ref>http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/04/17/mob-wives-renee-graziano-karen-gravano-drita-davanzo-carla-facciolo/</ref><ref>http://www.realitytea.com/tag/junior-pagan/</ref><ref>http://starcasm.net/archives/95831</ref> She describes herself as a "loud, foul-mouthed drama queen."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/mob_mentality_nqOOqdREeWg8l3THxVo58M | work=New York Post | first=Melanie | last=Lefkowitz | title=&apos;Mob&apos; mentality | date=24 May 2011}}</ref> [[The New York Post]] reports that her father, Bonanno consigliere [[Anthony Graziano]], will no longer speak with her, or her sister Jennifer (the creator of Mob Wives), as a result of her appearing on the show.<ref>http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/married_to_the_mob_m5Ur79Y9DWIgfsP0fhsBqJ</ref> Her son "A.J." has stated that he does not want to go into "the life", and wants to go to university and become an engineer.


*Drita D'Avanzo works as a freelance make-up artist and is of Albanian ancestry.<ref>{{url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/mob_wives/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=14733|accessdate=8 May 2011 |website=Mob Wives » Cast › Drita D'avanzo: "Full Biography"}}</ref> She is married to Lee D'Avanzo who has been in and out of prison for such crimes as [[drug dealing]] and numerous [[bank robbery|bank robberies]]<ref>http://starcasm.net/archives/95831</ref> and dated Karen Gravano before marrying Drita.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/03/23/mattresses-new-vh1-series-mob-wives-amps-reality-drama/ accessdate=8 May 2011|date=23 March 2011|title=VH1 'Takes It to the Mattresses' With Amped Up Drama on New Series 'Mob Wives'
*Drita D'Avanzo works as a freelance make-up artist and is of Albanian ancestry.<ref>{{url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/mob_wives/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=14733|accessdate=8 May 2011 |website=Mob Wives » Cast › Drita D'avanzo: "Full Biography"}}</ref> She is married to Lee D'Avanzo who has been in and out of prison for such crimes as [[drug dealing]] and numerous [[bank robbery|bank robberies]]<ref>http://starcasm.net/archives/95831</ref> and dated Karen Gravano before marrying Drita.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/03/23/mattresses-new-vh1-series-mob-wives-amps-reality-drama/ accessdate=8 May 2011|date=23 March 2011|title=VH1 'Takes It to the Mattresses' With Amped Up Drama on New Series 'Mob Wives'
|publisher=New York Post}}</ref>
|publisher=New York Post}}</ref>


*Carla Facciolo - Is the daughter of [[Louis Daidone]] (born February 23, 1946) a former acting boss of the [[Lucchese crime family]], who is spending the rest of his life in prison. Her husband is Joseph Ferragamo who is also incarcerated at the time of the airing of the series (2011). Carla and Joseph have two children together. According to the show, Carla wants a divorce from Joseph as soon as he gets out of prison. According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website, Ferragamo's expected release date is 24 September 2011.<ref>http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Joseph&Middle=&LastName=Ferragamo&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0</ref>
*Italian-American Carla Facciolo - Is the daughter of [[Louis Daidone]] (born February 23, 1946) a former acting boss of the [[Lucchese crime family]], who is spending the rest of his life in prison. Her husband is Joseph Ferragamo who is also incarcerated at the time of the airing of the series (2011). Carla and Joseph have two children together. According to the show, Carla wants a divorce from Joseph as soon as he gets out of prison. According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website, Ferragamo's expected release date is 24 September 2011.<ref>http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Joseph&Middle=&LastName=Ferragamo&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0</ref>


*Karen Gravano is the daughter of [[Sammy "The Bull" Gravano]], a former [[underboss]] of the [[Gambino crime family]], and federal [[informant]].<ref>http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/04/17/mob-wives-renee-graziano-karen-gravano-drita-davanzo-carla-facciolo/</ref><ref>http://starcasm.net/archives/95831</ref> She is also the ex-girlfriend of Drita D'Avanzo's husband, Lee. While in the federal witness protection program she was implicated in a drug ring and served three years of probation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/03/23/mattresses-new-vh1-series-mob-wives-amps-reality-drama/|accessdate=6 May 2011|work=Fox News|title=VH1 'Takes It to the Mattresses' With Amped Up Drama on New Series 'Mob Wives'
*Italian-American Karen Gravano is the daughter of [[Sammy "The Bull" Gravano]], a former [[underboss]] of the [[Gambino crime family]], and federal [[informant]].<ref>http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/04/17/mob-wives-renee-graziano-karen-gravano-drita-davanzo-carla-facciolo/</ref><ref>http://starcasm.net/archives/95831</ref> She is also the ex-girlfriend of Drita D'Avanzo's husband, Lee. While in the federal witness protection program she was implicated in a drug ring and served three years of probation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/03/23/mattresses-new-vh1-series-mob-wives-amps-reality-drama/|accessdate=6 May 2011|work=Fox News|title=VH1 'Takes It to the Mattresses' With Amped Up Drama on New Series 'Mob Wives'
|author=|date=March 11, 2011|publisher=New York Post}}</ref>
|author=|date=March 11, 2011|publisher=New York Post}}</ref>


Revision as of 01:28, 1 July 2011

Mob Wives
GenreReality
StarringRenee Graziano
Drita D'Avanzo
Carla Facciolo
Karen Gravano
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Original release
NetworkVH1
ReleaseApril 17, 2011 –
present

Mob Wives is an American reality television series airing on VH1. It follows four Staten Island women after their husbands or fathers are arrested and imprisoned for crimes connected to the Mob. They have been described as "rats and stoolies" since discussing private family business on TV violates the mafia code.[1] The idea for the show came from Jennifer "Jenn" Graziano, sister of Renee Graziano.

Cast

  • Italian-American Renee Graziano is the daughter of Anthony Graziano, current consigliere of the Bonanno crime family, and ex-wife of Hector "Junior" Pagan Jr who has been charged with various mafia crimes.[2][3][4] She describes herself as a "loud, foul-mouthed drama queen."[5] The New York Post reports that her father, Bonanno consigliere Anthony Graziano, will no longer speak with her, or her sister Jennifer (the creator of Mob Wives), as a result of her appearing on the show.[6] Her son "A.J." has stated that he does not want to go into "the life", and wants to go to university and become an engineer.
  • Drita D'Avanzo works as a freelance make-up artist and is of Albanian ancestry.[7] She is married to Lee D'Avanzo who has been in and out of prison for such crimes as drug dealing and numerous bank robberies[8] and dated Karen Gravano before marrying Drita.[9]
  • Italian-American Carla Facciolo - Is the daughter of Louis Daidone (born February 23, 1946) a former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family, who is spending the rest of his life in prison. Her husband is Joseph Ferragamo who is also incarcerated at the time of the airing of the series (2011). Carla and Joseph have two children together. According to the show, Carla wants a divorce from Joseph as soon as he gets out of prison. According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website, Ferragamo's expected release date is 24 September 2011.[10]

Episodes(Season 1)

№ # Title Original air date
1101"Made in Staten Island"April 17, 2011 (2011-04-17)
2102"The Bitch is Back"April 24, 2011 (2011-04-24)
3103"Mob Bust"May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)
4104"Do You Know Who I Am?"May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)
5105"Unfinished Business"May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)
6106"Dumb or Stupid?"May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22)
7107"Total Chaos"May 29, 2011 (2011-05-29)
8108"Relapses, Rats, & Raccoons"June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12)
9109"Take This Book and Shove It"June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)
10110"Rumble on the Rooftop"June 26, 2011 (2011-06-26)
11111"Reunion Special"July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10)

Reception

Criticism

Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro stated; “I’ve seen it — It’s disgraceful. It paints Staten Island and Italian-Americans in a bad light. It’s detrimental because people will think this is what Staten Island is made of. I’m Italian — and this is bad for our doctors, our lawyers, the people who came from Italy to build their lives.”[14]

David Hinckley's New York Daily News review called it a "tired concept, is so bad it should sleep with fishes". The review also said "these are unpleasant people in an unwatchable show". On the other hand, he wrote: "Now it could be added that if this is what you want on TV, Mob Wives is an all-you-can-eat buffet. Imagine the angriest of the "Real Housewives" ratcheted up into overdrive."[15]

UNICO National, an Italian advocacy group, said the show is tantamount to "trash TV like Jersey Shore. I hope it dies because no one watches it. We were mobsters and mafiosos with The Sopranos, bimbos and buffoons with Jersey Shore, and now we're back where we started. It's a disgrace."[16]

Gawker.com said "This seems like a terrible idea for a reality show! Would anyone watch a show called Mass Murders' Wives?"[17]

Victims' response

Relatives of murder victims killed by the cast members relatives are not happy about the show. Jackie Colucci, whose brother Joseph was murdered by Salvatore Gravano in 1970, stated: "She should be ashamed that her father is a murderer and a drug dealer. I would be ashamed and crawling in a hole and staying out of the limelight."[18]

References

  1. ^ http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2011/05/mob_wives_forget_about_it.php
  2. ^ http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/04/17/mob-wives-renee-graziano-karen-gravano-drita-davanzo-carla-facciolo/
  3. ^ http://www.realitytea.com/tag/junior-pagan/
  4. ^ http://starcasm.net/archives/95831
  5. ^ Lefkowitz, Melanie (24 May 2011). "'Mob' mentality". New York Post.
  6. ^ http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/married_to_the_mob_m5Ur79Y9DWIgfsP0fhsBqJ
  7. ^ Template:Url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/mob wives/cast member.jhtml?personalityId=14733
  8. ^ http://starcasm.net/archives/95831
  9. ^ accessdate=8 May 2011 "VH1 'Takes It to the Mattresses' With Amped Up Drama on New Series 'Mob Wives'". New York Post. 23 March 2011. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing pipe in: |url= (help)
  10. ^ http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Joseph&Middle=&LastName=Ferragamo&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0
  11. ^ http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/04/17/mob-wives-renee-graziano-karen-gravano-drita-davanzo-carla-facciolo/
  12. ^ http://starcasm.net/archives/95831
  13. ^ "VH1 'Takes It to the Mattresses' With Amped Up Drama on New Series 'Mob Wives'". Fox News. New York Post. March 11, 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  14. ^ http://www.silive.com/entertainment/tvfilm/index.ssf/2011/04/mob_wives_ignites_ire_of_state.html
  15. ^ Daily News. New York http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-04-15/entertainment/29449110_1_real-housewives-karen-gravano-mob-wives. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ http://entertainment.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979248381
  17. ^ http://gawker.com/5716227/mob-victims-not-happy-with-mob-wives
  18. ^ http://gawker.com/5716227/mob-victims-not-happy-with-mob-wives
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