Step Into The Closet
R. Kelly - that freak on wheels - has launched the R&B opera to end all R&B operas (we hope) and has called it "Trapped In The Closet." Now if you haven't seen it, you need to see at least one of these bad boys (he threatens the world with 10 parts, but as of this moment we are only at 6). Now, I'm not bringing up Mr. Kelly's parapalegic attempts at filmmaking just to diss him, I am actually bringing up his parapalegic attempts at filmmaking in order for you to appreciate how Jimmy Kimmel dissed him.Required viewing:
First this one (and then these if you're dedicated)
And then these ones (Scroll down the "Late Night" tab to "The Opera")
posted by k_sra at 12/06/2005 04:14:00 PM
11 Comments:
I'm sorry. I've tried, but I just can't get myself to click on any of the links.
Yeah! I could write a better R&B opera and I'm not any kind of chocolate. I especially love when the woman is "singing" 'you better get into the closet or some sh&t is going to happen up in here' in a lovely tenor voice.
Whoa, that's a little abstract for my taste. Between the obtuse lyrics and surreal visuals, I have no idea what's going on.
St. Kansas, don't even try. It takes only the most cultured and erudite people to understand such beauty.
Marie said...It takes only the most cultured and erudite people to understand such beauty.
Damn.
Sorry about the confusion, Kansas. But when a real artist like R. Kelly sets about to change the world he doesn't go halfway.
(Actually, Kan, I was trying to get the Orleans to the bottom of the page for you.)
I am addicted to these videos! They are so bad, it's comical. I can't believe people seriously like them and say, "Hey, that is a great song! R Kelly is such a genius!" Wait until the video for chapter 9 comes out. It's about the cop's wife is who is cheating on him with a midget who is hiding in the cabinet! I'm totally serious. This stuff is gold!
C'mon outta the closet, R. We're all friends here.
I just can't understand how he can keep a straight face throughout the whole thing.
So that's R. Kelly. I wondered. I wasn't able to see any more than the first episode and Jimmy Kimmel's clip seems to have changed.
OK, first off, that's not opera. I'm not sure what form of music consists of play-by-play, present-tense narration of a story with the actors occasionally lip-synching the narrator but it's not opera. If I had to guess, I'd say it's some sort of musical version of a matinee cliffhanger serial.
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