![]() Chapters 1 through 7 are rock opera realism. In the series' seven-year run, from 2005 through 2012, Trapped in the Closet weaved three distinct narrative arcs, with shifts in tone throughout the series. Kelly's TP.3 Reloaded, for which Chapter 1 was the lead single. Trapped in the Closet launched in 2005 the first five episodes are included on R. The series chronicles the sprawling infidelity of a dozen spouses, lovers, brothers, friends, and neighbors who weave a rather tangled web. ![]() All the groundbreaking narrative techniques that critics attribute to David Simon's The Wire, in fact, predate to Trapped in the Closet, right down to Michael Kenneth Williams' recurring role as a police officer who's introduced in Episode 6 of R. Kelly's "hip hopera," his magnum opus, 12-Play withstanding. At 17 years old, I was hooked on the interminable drama of R. ![]() This was before YouTube, mind you, with the episode s debuting on BET and ripping, eventually, to Limewire. I used to play the latest episodes of Trapped in the Closet on a laptop, on a school bus, with three or four friends leering over my shoulder and shoving their knuckleheads to my speakers. ![]()
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