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Trapped in the Closet, Chapters 13-22

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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.

Written by dmisener

June 13th, 2007 at 8:52 pm

Posted in r. kelly, videos

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  1. 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.

    Tom

    13 Jun 07 at 11:34 pm

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

    Dave

    14 Jun 07 at 7:38 am

  3. Pitchfork has a great review of “Double Up” as well.

    http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/43360-double-up

    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.

    Tristan

    15 Jun 07 at 9:20 am

  4. I cried every time someone got done wrong.

    Craig

    18 Jun 07 at 8:59 am

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

    Mike Z

    19 Jun 07 at 3:44 pm

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

    http://www.amazon.com/Trapped-Closet-Chapters-R-Kelly/dp/B000TJ6OWA/ref=sr_1_7/103-5498980-1030228?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1184592371&sr=8-7

    Tristan

    16 Jul 07 at 8:27 am

  7. [...] 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, [...]

    Dan Misener dot com » Blog Archive » New Trapped in the Closet chapters to drop later than expected?

    16 Jul 07 at 5:33 pm

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