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Topic: R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet

R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet is a work of unmitigated comic genius.

The third installment was released tonight on IFC (Independent Film Channel), continuing the harrowing story of a small group of young, mostly successful, urbanites and their endless philandering, lying, and criminal behavior. It is a "hiphopera" of epic proportions, populated by pastors, ex-cons, a stuttering pimp, white trash, a little person, gangsters, and hos of all descriptions, including a blind Asian prostitute.

R Kelly sings/raps the whole thing, including all the narration, dialog, sound effects, sobbing, and bleeping when he censors himself. The cast is a Who's Who of young black Hollywood, with Kelly himself playing several parts, including the principal character of Sylvester.

The previous installments were chapters 1-12 and chapters 13-22, each about 3 minutes long. They're available on DVD and various places on the Web, altho the videos on R Kelly's own channel often cut off the last few seconds, which is unfortunately because EVERY CHAPTER ENDS WITH A CLIFFHANGER.

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Re: R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet

I absolutely adore Trapped in the Closet and I had no idea more were on there way!

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Re: R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet

Last edited by Xtroid (2012-12-01 01:31:21)

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Re: R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet

I've watched the new installment, and it has a different structure. There aren't really clear chapters as such, and there are confessional bits that may or may not be related to a mysterious talk show that everyone is invited onto. There also aren't the same crazy-hilarious cliffhangers so much, and there's NO answer to the burning question that ended chapter 22.

I guess we'll have to wait for a fourth installment. But jeez, that's going to be FOUR HOURS of R Kelly singing about infidelity, pimpin', hiding in closets, and gangsters. Unless he hits it out the park, that's going to wear thin soon.

EDIT: That video is funny, but only in exactly the same way Trapped in the Closet is already funny. And in the real thing, instead of an empty box of cereal, he would find a midget who had been having an affair with his wife.

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Re: R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet

They're still making this shit?

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Re: R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet

http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp51/InternNin/YouandIareenemiesnow.jpg

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Re: R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet

Maybe it's a cultural thing, but this isn't funny to me. I don't get the Will Ferrell thing, either.

We have a yearly comedy festival if you want to see a bit of it?

Last edited by Dave (2012-12-01 04:16:00)

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