IAOVC Blasts Hulu’s 'Only Murders in the Building' for Disgraceful Mafia Stereotyping of Italian Americans

The Italian American One Voice Coalition (“IAOVC”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, strongly denounces the new season of Hulu’s hit series Only Murders in the Building for once again trafficking in tired, damaging, and insulting stereotypes that associate Italian Americans with organized crime.

The show, starring Steve Martin and Martin Short, continues Hollywood’s relentless portrayal of Italian Americans as mobsters and buffoons. IAOVC denounces the actors for delivering this offensive dialogue, which feeds the damaging myth that being Italian American is synonymous with being tied to organized crime. IAOVC emphasizes that no other ethnicity is subjected to such relentless negative portrayals in mainstream media.