Trapped in the Closet - R Kelly

[William_Strunk_Jr]

Is this a joke like Spinal Tap?

Trapped in the Closet 1-5

[Spice_Weasel]

Nope, I’m afraid not. R. Kelly takes his art very seriously.

I’m very sorry you had to find out about this.

[William_Strunk_Jr]

@olivesmarch4th

Nope, I’m afraid not. R. Kelly takes his art very seriously.

I’m very sorry you had to find out about this.

I think it is hilarious. If R. Kelly takes it seriously it is just that much more funny.

[Jaochai]

Considering I’ve seen Spinal Tap four or five times and don’t see the joke, I would say no.

[Spice_Weasel]

From the Wiki:

Critics of the songs argue that the story is told with a choppy tone and that the music and vocalization are the same throughout the song. The song has also reached a minor cult status as a piece of unintentional comedy - some of R.Kelly’s fans refer to it as the "Plan 9 of music videos."

(bolding mine)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Actual lyrics:

He walks in the bathroom
And looks behind the door
She says, “Baby, come back to bed”
He says, “Bitch, say no more”
He pulls back the shower curtain
While she’s biting her nails
Then he walks back to the room
Right now, I’m sweating like hell
Checks under the bed
Then under the dresser
He looks at the closet
I pull out my Beretta
He walks up to the closet
He comes up to the closet
Now he’s at the closet
Now he’s opening the closet…

I agree. Comedy gold.

[Shawn1767]

After experiencing the R-Kelly version, you may appreciate “Weird” Al’s dead-on parody “Trapped in the drive through.” It’s almost as long and captures the essence of the original.

[Seven]

Seems to me there was a rather long and funny thread about this when the video first aired.

[look_ninjas]

How far have you gotten in the series? It just gets weirder and weirder and better and better.

“Not only is there a man in the cupboard… but the man… is a midget… midget… midget… midget… midget…”

[Lord_Ashtar]

I loved it when South Park ripped on him for this during the Scientology episode.

I was just standing here.
Tom Cruise got locked in the closet
Man this is some crazy shit
Why won’t he just come out the closet?
So I pull out my gun!
I swear if Tom Cruise don’t come out the closet I’m gonna shoot someone!

[Oregon_sunshine]

That shit is so f*ing hilarious. ESPECIALLY since R. Kelly seems to think its oh so serious. Haha

[enigm4tic]

When i first saw it aired I thought it was a joke because it was so absolutely terrible that I thought there was no way that he could possibly mean it. Then later I found out it was supposed to be serious…

[Swallowed_My_Cellphone]

The one you really want to see is when he performed it “live” at some music videio awards show! He couldn’t lipsinch fast enough and he was acting out the parts. BAHAHAHA!