Trapped in the Closet, Chapters 13-22

Posted: June 13th, 2007 | Author: | Filed under: r. kelly, videos | 7 Comments »

Two weeks ago, Jenna and I spent a long weekend in Boston, visiting relatives. My cousin Emily took us around town, and we ended up at Newbury Comics, where I found a relatively inexpensive copy of Trapped in the Closet, which I first saw almost a year ago.

We watched it as soon as we got home, and then again this past weekend. As always, it struck me as a masterpiece, but left me wanting more. Its narative structure is, after all, patterned after soap opera.

So imagine my delight when shortly afterwards, while perusing Wikipedia’s entry for TITC, I stumbled upon this exciting news:

Chapters 13-22 are scheduled to be released July 24th, 2007 according to the inside booklet of Double Up.

Waiting will be hard.

And just today, Steve Pratt recommended a recent review in Entertainment Weekly of R. Kelly’s latest, Double Up. It does a great job of summing up Kell’s mystique as a performer:

Kelly is kidding, right? If you’ve ever watched him lip-synch ”Closet” in its entirety with a straight face, you know this is a riddle for the ages. Is a sex-as-food anthem like ”Sweet Tooth” (”You’re lookin’ like a big ole piece of cake”) deliberately campy? Your guess is as good as ours.

If you haven’t seen Trapped in the Closet, go buy it (or watch it on YouTube Google Video). I’ll see you in the lineup July 24.

7 Comments on “Trapped in the Closet, Chapters 13-22”

  1. 1Tom said at 6:34 pm on June 13th, 2007:

    Thanks for sharing this info…as Jhoan and I were looking for a copy of this to give to you as a gift during our last visit.

    I am now jealous of your DVD, and slightly miffed that you didn't buy 4 copies to sell at a large profit.

  2. 2Dave said at 2:38 am on June 14th, 2007:

    Riveting! Better than Cats! A wonder of cinematic glory!

  3. 3Tristan said at 4:20 am on June 15th, 2007:

    Pitchfork has a great review of "Double Up" as well.

    http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/4…

    After singing the lines, "I gotcha so wet, it's like a rainforest/ Like Jurassic Park except I'm your sexasaurus baby," in the middle of an a cappella version of new song "The Zoo", he's greeted with a mix of incredulous screams and laughs. "There's such a thing as a sexasaurus," deadpans Kelly.

  4. 4Craig said at 3:59 am on June 18th, 2007:

    I cried every time someone got done wrong.

  5. 5Mike Z said at 10:44 am on June 19th, 2007:

    Let's resolve this Christian-like. Or I'll pull out my Beretta.

  6. 6Tristan said at 3:27 am on July 16th, 2007:

    Looks like the wait will be a bit longer than planned…

    http://www.amazon.com/Trapped-Closet-Chapters-R-K…

  7. 7Dan Misener dot com » Blog Archive » New Trapped in the Closet chapters to drop later than expected? said at 5:33 pm on July 16th, 2007:

    [...] few weeks ago I wrote here about my excitement for Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22. According to the booklet of Double Up, the new chapters were scheduled to be released July 24th, [...]

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