That’s why I think it has to be a joke. He acts like it is Shakespeare set to Mozart.
I don’t understand why, in Chapter 3, R. Kelly gets so worked up. I mean he says he’s gonna shoot one of them. What the hell does he care if Rufus is banging some guy. He doesn’t even know Rufus. And Cathy/Mary is just some chick he picked up at the club last night. Why does he even agree to stick around for an “explanation?” And why does Rufus have to explain anything to R. Kelly? And why does R. Kelly think this is such “deep shit?*****” He just met Rufus 2 minutes earlier!
Worst song and video ever. And I’m now off to watch Chapter 4…
***** Best line of the song so far: “I close my mouth and swallow spit/ As I’m thinking to myself this is some deep shit.”
Classic!
Chapter 4…what can I say? Smoov B must’ve co-written this song.
Best line of Chapter 5:
“She says ‘Okay, then wipes her nose and asks me about this girl named Tina.’”
It’s R. Kelly’s attention to the really small, unimportant detail that I find so amusing.
Shit, how does a song like this even get recorded?
Even better, have you stuck around to watch the closing credits? R. Kelly’s character’s name is Sylvester! He’s so serious about his “urban operetta,” he’s playing a character with a unique name!
“So I said, ‘Cool, climax, but just let go of my LEG!’” (That is supposed to rhyme with the above line, by the way.)
She must have the Charlie Horse-Inducing Cooter O’Doom!*
*(CHICOD)
My brother, the mad genius music student, on “Trapped In the Closet”:
Wow, that is truly horrible.
What’s the deal with him and the gun? Is that a macho thing? He’s the one screwing the guy’s wife and he’s holding a gun on him acting like he’s going to shoot him. And then all the righteous indignation with his wife after he’s been out screwing some other chick.
It’s a soap opera set to music. R Kelly is a dumbass.
Exactly! R. Kelly is a genius!
I refuse to believe he doesn’t know how turgid and ridiculous the whole thing is. It’s totally hilarious.
I think the gun just adds to the comedy. Guy comes home, R is in the closet, guy is about to open the closet, R pulls out the Baretta. Guy and his wife have a long conversation, R demands to know what’s going on, otherwise he’ll start shooting.
I’m sure it’s absolutely tongue in cheek, and it’s pulled off very well.
When I first heard part of this while flipping through the radio stations–I stopped because I thought it must be some sort of parody as it sounded really hilarious. I couldn’t believe it when they announced it was the new “hit” song from R. Kelly.
By the way, it is in heavy rotation on VH1.
Pathetic.