However, he then tells his pimpin' partner, Bishop Craig, that he is never going to "stop p-p-p-p-p-pimpin'", because "p-p-p-pimpin's the life". These new chapters have had some amazing moments: Will Oldhams inexplicable cameo, Kellys attempt at an Italian accent, the narrators cigar being slapped out of his hand. A few days ago, Kelefa Sanneh wrote a Times article about Trapped, particularly about how some of the attention that the new chapters have received is of the gallingly ironic sort: Many of its biggest fans seem to think theyre laughing at Mr. Kelly, not with him, as if the whole thing were some sort of glorious, terrible mistake. People like Weird Al and Jimmy Kimmel have done Trapped parodies, which is pretty ridiculous when you consider that Trapped itself is already total self-parody of a particularly broad sort. One key thing that sets Scientology apart from, for example, Christinity and the other major world religions, is that the church has secret texts. All newspapers run some inaccurate articles. Rufus was tricked into coming on the show by the staff; he believed he was there to talk about the church and the community but he is bombarded by questions about his personal life. [6] Kelly claimed that the song's dark and moody instrumental was influenced by his frustrations and depression following his removal from the ill-fated Best of Both Worlds tour with Jay-Z in October 2004.[7]. Bridget's nervous breakdown finally leads to James demanding a straight answer from Bridget. Sylvester apologizes, and they begin making love. After seeing Sylvester and Big Man communicating, James shuts them up calling them "Chuck and Rufus", which confuses Sylvester, who demands to know how James knew of them, though James acts bewildered to Sylvester's question. As fans gear up for more sex, lies and midget strippers, heres a run-down of the online video series most batshit insane moments to date. While waiting outside, Twan has a nightmare of Sylvester and him in the same situation, being pointed at with guns. Obviously. The couple begins making love when Sylvester's cell phone rings, prompting the husband to investigate. The scene changes to Roxanne talking about the Preacher to Tina and saying that the man is a con artist. [45], Criss-Cross Applesauce: The Ballad of Billy Jesusworth, The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman, "Group Therapy: R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet", "R. Kelly: I've Written 32 New Chapters of, "R. Kelly's 'Trapped In A Closet' Series Returns On Black Friday", "Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 (2005)", http://www.cgonline.com/content/view/1055/, http://thatvideosite.com/0-0-0-13-0-1.html, "South Park Watch Full Episodes, Clips & More", "Celebrity Deathmatch "Ludi-Criss Angel vs. R. Kelly Clarkson", Dissecting the Madness That Is 'Trapped in the Closet': Chapters 2333, "Nature Versus Nurture: Finding the Artistic Context of R. Kelly's Enigmatic R&B; Opera, "The Serious Unserious Pleasures of R. Kelly's Continuing Musical Saga 'Trapped in the Closet', "Nieuwe muziekvideo's, premires, concerten en originele shows", "R. Kelly < Charts & Awards < Billboard Singles", Recording Industry Association of America, "Trapped in the Closet Chapters 2333 p iTunes", Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trapped_in_the_Closet&oldid=1150648042, La Donna Tittle as Rosie, The Nosy Neighbor, R. Kelly as Randolph, Rev. Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12 (Video 2005) - IMDb The films transition to Broadway is big, loud, diverse, spectacular, and sometimes clunky just like its hometown. She also states she will be coming onto the Out of the Closet show. The Light It Up Tour DVD; the opera version of Feelin On Yo Booty should dispel any lingering doubts. WTF moment: So intense is his sex with partner Gwendolyn (And thats when I start going crazy, like I was trying to give her a baby, Kelly sings), Sylvester must stop Meanwhile, back downstairs, James puts the midget on the table and demands to know why he was at his house. It's only after Twan threatens Tina and Roxanne that he will buy a gun and come back for them later that Sylvester finally convinces Twan to leave. Sylvester (R. Kelly) wakes up in the bed of a strange woman (Cathy) whom he picked up the previous evening in a nightclub. Sylvester then begs Bridget and James to put their guns down, to which they adamantly refuse. Bridget laughs it off, saying "you know what I mean". Trapped in the Closet is the world's greatest expose on the world of Scientology, from Lord Xenu himself to John Travolta's questionable sexuality (also taking jabs at Cruise himself) and how religion's become a hot-spot for financial exploitation and administrative corruption and deception. The Slate Group LLC. Important plot point. Sylvester is then menaced by a spatula-wielding neighbor, Rosie. He is an actor, comedian, producer, and entrepreneur. When James demands to know what Bridget is really telling him, Bridget says that Big Man is her baby's father, which negates her previous excuse from chapter 8 as being "that time of the month". 2 Tom Cruise - Trapped In The Closet. Think again. The test says he is depressed, and thus is a perfect candidate for Scientology. After James' constant roughing up on the midget, Bridget runs upstairs where she pulls out a number from her purse. But you have to be a bit careful when you ask about what people believe. Slate is published by The Slate I can explain some of my other songs, but not this one. He went on to call the song my alien and said that when he starts writing, he has no idea whats going to happen from line to line when he brought the midget into the song, he thought it was all over, because he had no idea what to rhyme with midget, until a week later he realized he could name another character Bridget. Much better than Inside the Actors Studio, no doubt. It's pretty well established at this point to be true. Why does everybody in this song answer their phone, even if theyre, like, waving a gun in a four-way stand-off at the time? Trapped in the Closet is like The Room for music. Half the time he's rhyming the same word with the same word so you know he was getting lazy. Trapped in the closet is the . This chapter starts off with Sylvester and Gwendolyn watching TV and getting a mysterious phone call. Mama said knock you out, fuck outta here." Matt, to put it delicately, doesnt exactly strike anyone as being well-versed in R&B. Part contemporary movie musical, part urban soap opera, part epic music video, part independent film. The new generation of Iranians is seeking democracy and separation of religion and state. After searching elsewhere, he slowly approaches the closet. After demanding Bridget to move from her spot, which she eventually does, he sees the cabinet and slowly approaches it. With Chapters. On December 21, 2011, Kelly told TMZ that he had written thirty-two more chapters, and was seeking investors in order to continue the saga. There are other ex-members out there who have made similar statements. Chuck is a deacon at Rufus church, by the way). I think there are a lot of misconceptions about Trapped In The Closet, Kelly explains to VIBE. Sylvester takes out his gun. Pimp Lucius chews out his prostitutes in this chapter trying to find out why they didn't stay in the car while he talked to his parents. It will actually fly in the air and get you to a certain destination. Now people were looking at [the inventor] like he was crazy [laughs]. WTF moment: Policeman James [Michael K. Williams, Omar from The Wire] returns home to discover that his wife has been cheating on him with a philandering asthmatic midget stripper dressed like Prince in Purple Rain. Stunned at the news of Roxanne and Tina being lovers, a frustrated Sylvester points his gun at the both of them, but soon stops because of his tolerance to lesbians, while Twan kept egging him to shoot them. At the end credits of "Trapped in the Closet", all the names are Xenu leaflet put out by Operation Clambake, Space Opera (mythological event covered in South Park), meta.skeptics.stackexchange.com/q/289/104, The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements on page 427, New blog post from our CEO Prashanth: Community is the future of AI, Improving the copy in the close modal and post notices - 2023 edition. Was R. Kelly's "Trapped In The Closet" meant to be a joke? Or a serious WTF moment: Diner owner Roxanne and prostitute Tina reveal themselves to be karate masters (although they then start smashing beer bottles to use as weapons, which dont remember from the teachings of Mr. Miyagi) before later announcing theyre a lesbian couple. Scientologists converge on Stan's house after he is identified as the reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard. Is Trapped In The Closet A Joke | Freeloljokes Just as James looks as if he was going to answer, Bridget starts getting sick. With Twan, Sylvester, Tina and Roxanne in the now-empty restaurant, Twan seeks revenge on Tina and Roxanne on his arrest three years ago. is a midget! Meanwhile, outside, Pimp Lucius is yelling at his prostitutes over a lack of money that's been coming in. Roger Cormier wrote that "when journalists write aboutTrapped in the Closet, they tend to throw out a high-brow literary reference", but then described it as "a subtlety free, it's-so-dumb-it's-brilliant work of art" comparable to "Laurence Sterne's 18th-century novel The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman [sic]". Roxanne tells Twan that that is when she turned him in. Rufus and Chuck argue when Cathy walks in Rufus' office. Sylvester rushes out of Cathy and Rufus place and is pulled over for speeding while en route to his house. The chapter then switches to the simultaneous confessionals of Sylvester and Twan. Granted, in the same documentary several celebrity Scientologists deny the story about Xenu. In Deuce Bigalow, several people hide in a house when Antoine appears. Breaks Down His Killer White House Correspondents Dinner Set, Bernie Sanders: Many GOP Leaders 'Don't Even Believe in Democracy'. James starts investigating his house for any possible intruders. Now that Kelly himself has played a fat-suited old drunk, a stuttering pimp, and a preening preacher, its only a matter of time before Kelly shows up in drag; hes working overtime to become Tyler Perry. A waitress comes by and offers them drinks. The South Park episode Trapped in the Closet contained a dramatized explanation (you can skip the first 50 seconds) of the beliefs of Scientology. It only takes a minute to sign up. Then it goes to Randolph's confessional. Chuck arrives at the house. For readers who have not yet caught up with Trapped in the Closet, R. Kellys 23 chapter R&B opus, heres a brief synopsis. Something seems to be bothering Beeno's throat and he reveals that Joey shot him in the neck during a past deal. Hes gone meta-love man. A man picks up the phone. Indie folk musician Will Oldham makes a cameo in this chapter as one of the police officers in the interrogation. I can remember driving around listening waiting anxiously for commercial breaks to end so that I could hear the next chapter. Its no different than when someone came into the room and said, I got a great idea about how to fly, he says with no hint of irony. R. Kelly stated in an interview with Rap-Up TV that he was, at the time, working on a movie version of Trapped in the Closet that would have been released to theaters. In the commentary remix on the Trapped in the Closet DVD, Kelly tells the audience that in the upcoming chapters he will probably give Tina about three chapters to explain her nervous eye twitch. Then he tells Bishop Craig "now let's get this mmm-mmmm-money.". One A-lister locks himself in the closet and refuses to come out after Stan criticizes his "talent." Watch Random Episode Watching Full Ep 22:00 South Park S9 E2 Die Hippie, Die After James checks the oven and looks behind the fridge, he notices the cherry pie with a slice cut out. Wikipedia also covers the Xenu mythology which is also called the Space Opera (mythological event covered in South Park) and other "Incidents" which is the term used to denote the Cult's doctrinal teaching. Those first chapters were done with radio in mind; it was months before the video came along. Also, Gwen never called Cathy so Gwen would've never known Cathy was the one that slept with Sylvester. A panicked Bridget rushes to the door and kisses James. Trapped in the Closet: The Book is a yet-to-be-released book by Kelly. He then says that he'll pay Sylvester back on the first chance he gets. R. KELLY - TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET (CHAPTERS 1-5) LYRICS - SongLyrics.com Sylvester tries calming Twan down reminding him he's on house arrest and that a violent outburst would lead to a more serious time in prison. It ends with Randolph answering the door again to find Lucius' prostitutes whom he compares to En Vogue. religion scientology Share Improve this question Follow edited Feb 10, 2013 at 10:57 Sam I Am When Sylvester tries to leave, the husband tells him to stay because he wants to reveal a "secret". 2023 Vibe Media, LLC. After the screening, R. Kelly participated in a brief Q&A in which he obliterated all questions of intent when it comes to Trapped 's humor: "I don't have a job, so I just sit in the studio all . It is truly mind-blowing."[30]. When Gwendolyn mentions that she saw Sylvester in Paje's club with "some crusty wig-wearing ass ho", Cathy realizes the man she had slept with that night was Sylvester. Rufus then tells Chuck that he wants to stay married because he loves his wife and is a Pastor as the reason he doesn't want to see Chuck anymore. Album: Trapped In the Closet (Chapters 1-12) Heyo! Trapped in the Closet has inspired numerous parodies and derivatives. R. Kelly Baffles New York Audience Explaining "Trapped in the Closet It is then revealed that Bridget is three months pregnant, presumably with James' baby. Written, produced, and directed by Kelly, the series tells a story of a one-night stand that sets off a chain of events, gradually revealing a greater web of lies, sex and deceit. When R. Kelly first released his Trapped In The Closet series in 2005, the R&B-musical-meets-tongue-in-cheek-soap-opera was viewed as both groundbreaking and a joke unworthy of the Chicago icons immense musical talents. Kelly switches from first person (as Sylvester) to third person narrative in the middle of this chapter as the focus fades away from his character. Rufus then calms them down and tries to resolve the matter but neither Cathy or Chuck listen, as they continue arguing, even as the phone rings. Besides Xenu.net and Wikipedia, many high level ex-members of CoS have stated that indeed they came across Lord Xenu when they reached OT 3. The chapter switches to a pan on the door of Doctor William T. Perry, a marriage counselor. You cant hate on that. And he explains the events of earlier in the morning. Beeno is eating sunflower seeds aggressively and listens to Sylvester as he makes his proposal. After assuring that they weren't followed, Sylvester reveals to Twan that they're standing outside of the back entrance to the show that the cast has been doing confessionals for, Out of the Closet with Larry. A congressman, a 2020 Electoral College delegate, and three pundits go into a bar. The epic 22-part song series/soap opera/cultural phenom was originally released in chapters by Kelly between the years of 2005 and 2007. The girls say the blind prostitute got worried and asked them to go up to the door to find out if Lucius was okay. (A lot more can be said about this, but I will leave you with this. The former has a poetic conceit that literally spins into outer space: Well stick a flag on the moon/ First couple to ever make love on planet Neptune/ And if time allow us/ Well be gone for hours/ I wont stop until I give you meteor showers. The Zoo is even broader: Girl, I got you so wet/ Its like a rain forest/ Like Jurassic Park/ Except Im your sex-a-saurus baby/ You and me hopping/ Like two kangaroos/ Rattling and moaning/ Out here in these woods. No one who has seen Trapped in the Closetor, for that matter, Kellys live a cappella performance of The Zoocould deny that such songs are meant more to amuse than to titillate. Sylvester and Twan go to visit an apparent mobster named Joey. Voice review: Sterling Clover on R. Kellys Chocolate Factory Why did DOS-based Windows require HIMEM.SYS to boot? Sex, pies and videotape | R Kelly | The Guardian Just as Tina and Roxanne are about to attack, Twan comes busting through the door threatening them. James then starts to wonder if Bridget had also cheated on him. Randolph can't sleep and wakes Rosie up, and asks if she meant it when she called him Mr. Can't-Get-It-Up in Chapter 13. Tory Christman (Tory Magoo) reached OT VII and described Lord Xenu in, for example, a speech given in San Diego (about 39 min into speech). Hes just chosen not to tell them in Trapped anymore. Joke 2: An idiot has a mirror in his closet He wakes up one night and opens the closet and he sees himself. The cliffhanger ending, which restyles the phone-tag Goin Steady number from Bye Bye Birdie, ends with the message, To Be Continued. But clearly, twenty-two chapters of Trapped in the Closet is nowhere near enough. Here's The Top Celebs That Are Still Hiding In The Closet - TheTalko It's Chuck, who's crying and upset over not seeing Rufus since the incident in the earlier chapters. A subreddit to help you keep up to date with what's going on with reddit and other stuff. Best line: Sylvester, Im not about to sit here and take this shit from the blob father!, WTF moment: Twan trades insults with Italian mob boss Joey over a plate of spag bol, because why not? Comedy as winning as Trapped need not do anything more than entertain. This is why I'm not a big fan of all the works satirizing Trapped in the Closet. Matt and I were never boys or anything, but we were pretty good acquaintances, and I did see him every day for a while there. midget in the cabinet - YouTube Sylvester and Gwendolyn begin laughing at the entire situation. WTF moment: Pimp Lucious, a sharp-suited sex trafficker with a speech impediment (think Elmer Fudd with a pimp cane) is serenaded by a church choir in an attempt to convince him to change his ways. This is where Kelly comes in. When Sylvester asks Roxanne about it, Roxanne explains a pimp had hit Tina in the eye a year ago and that she's had bad nerves ever since. The husband opens the door and the person turns out to be another manrevealing the husband (Rufus) to be bisexual. This sets off an escalating series of events. With the midget, bad accents, "Pimp Lucius," "Rosy the Nosy Neighbor," and a twist every chapter, you'd have to be stupid not to get that it's a joke. The midget continues telling him that he was paid not to tell, which only angers James, who pulls his gun on him. A brief summary of the story so far (oh shit!) leads to Sylvester in the car with Twan (you crazier than a fish with titties), a rendezvous in a diner, a waitress with a tell-tale name tag, a church choir chanting You can do it, Pimp Luscious, and a blatantly Sopranos-styled sit-down with an Italian mobster who keeps saying fuggedaboudit while calling Twan LL Fool J and grunting, Mama said knock you out the fuck outta here. Theres typically over-the-tippity Kellyesque dialogue (Do I look like En Vogue, because the way you got me holding on?). *912* Trapped in the Closet - Page 2 : Spoilers/New Episode Discussion Star Wars Jedi: Survivor review: force majeure, Suga live in New York: a show-stopping statement of artistic intent at the BTS rappers debut solo tour, The National First Two Pages Of Frankenstein review: their best record in a decade, Yun Pinku BABYLON IX review: futuristic space-rave for the ages, Nick Mohammed: You cant knock the effect of Ted Lasso'. Top 26 Funny Closet Jokes for Everyone Brighten up your day with the following Top 26 Funny Closet Jokes for Everyone that will make you Laugh. Again, be careful with attributing beliefs to Scientology. When Sylvester demands more explanation, the other man, Chuck, begins explaining how their affair came about. A shocked and confused Sylvester prepares to leave but the wife asks him to stay. "South Park" Trapped in the Closet (TV Episode 2005) - IMDb Throughout a series of phone conversations among all of the original characters from Chapters 112 and those introduced in Chapter 1322, rumors of "The Package" circulate. The argument ends when the scene cuts back to Sylvester explaining to Twan that he has to collect money from someone. The chapter then switches over to Rufus' confessional. Sylvester finally makes it home andafter a torrid roll in the hay with Gwendolyndiscovers a used condom on his bed. AGAIN - ITS A JOKE. Pimps with speech impediments! a midget! James goes home and discovers that he too has been cuckolded: His wife, Bridget, has been messing around with a male stripper named Big Man, whom James discovers cowering in a kitchen cabinet. This is where Trapped in the Closet (and Sex Planet and the The Zoo and dozens of other Kelly songs yet to be recorded) shades into autobiography. "[5] He stated that Trapped in the Closet had taken on "a life, mind and body of its own", and called the series an "alien",[5] crediting the aliens with its creation. Best line: The next thing ya know, she starts going real wild / and starts screaming my name / then I said baby, we must slow down / before I bust a vessel in my brain.. R. Kelly's Trapped In The Closet - 10 Most Batshit Insane Moments Joey wins the sparring battle though with ice cold put-downs including LL Fool J! and, Mama said knock you out the fuck outta here!, Best line: Cathy what the hell is going on, and whats up with this rumour Im hearing about some fucking package?, WTF moment: Things come full circle as it becomes apparent that basically all the characters now have AIDS, referred to as the big package. When the first Trapped chapters came out, they were a great little cultural phenomenon. Joey replies, "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Until Kelly's conviction of sexual abuse allegations against him in 2021, the first 22 chapters of the Trapped in the Closet series were released via VEVO and were viewed for free as the videos were ad-supported. Now, Kelly introduces a new character with almost every episode, and hes left dangling so many plot-points that the whole thing is beginning to look like Lost; hell never resolve all these conflicts. You can download the Xenu leaflet put out by Operation Clambake. He continues: Its differentits new; its unique; its alien. Topline Hockey hopes to make the glide path to the NHL easier for New York City kids. How else to interpret songs like Sex Planet and The Zoo from Kellys latest album, Double-Up? For readers who have not yet caught up with trapped in the closet, r. Source: litreactor.com. Best line: Twan opened the door and its Rosie the nosy neighbour / Ooh, with a spatula in her hand / Like thats gon do something against them guns. The scene opens to 'ol' Dale and Myrna's' voicemail and eventually fades into the middle of the voicemail box where the narrator (Kelly) says, "and now the rumor". But in turning Trapped into a shaggier epic, Kelly has made it into a bigger eventa milestone. I believe there was a midget involved. We want to hear it. He ignores that and demands she name names. The book is about what happened before the characters actually meet in the musical. And arent we in the entertainment business?Keith Murphy (@murphdogg29), Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox, Get our latest stories in the feed of your favorite networks. In December 2007, the first 22 chapters were released in a DVD entitled The Big Package, which included a "commentary remix" with a preview of chapter 23. Romance 2007 3 hr 40 min NR Starring R. Kelly, Eric Lane, LeShay N. Tomlinson Director R. Kelly Trailers 7 Things R. Kelly Actually Said Out Loud at His "Trapped in the Closet He isnt convinced. Trapped in the Closet - Wikipedia Trapped In The Closet: Chapter 23 Sneak Peek (NEW CHAPTERS GETS RELEASED NOVEMBER 23RD) Fitzgerald Brock En ce moment Joe Alwyn 1:08 Report sa hiwalayan nina Taylor Swift at Joe Alwyn, hot topic online | 24 Oras Weekend GMA Integrated News 0:57 Taylor Swift Breaks silence On Break Up With Joe Alwyn,Selena Gomez Reacts To Ta DHLTV 0:43 After convincing Twan to let him talk to them, Sylvester approaches the two ladies and ask them what had happened on the day of his arrest. In which case, any and everything is possible. Twan is presumed to be dead, but in the middle of Sylvester, James and Gwendolyn arguing, Twan coughs, assuring them he is okay and that he was only non-fatally shot in the shoulder. The last chapter involves Sylvester and Twan meeting up with the mobster, Beeno. CBRE, a leading commercial real estate and investment firm, said the cost of developing senior housing increased by 17.8% in 2020 to $317,400 per unit or $333 . When Gwendolyn finally climaxes and rolls off him, Sylvester flips the bed cover to find the used condom that she had tried to hide. I found this joke, trapped in the closet #pooks #kelly #pirate #dadjokes #marriedlife. [32] However, chapters 3,[33] 5,[34] 6,[35] and 13[36] were cut short. Trapped in the Closet: The BIG Package features the first 22 chapters of R. Kelly's epic hip-hopera. not only is there a man in the cabinet, but the man. We specifically disallow debating beliefs and motivations exactly for the reason you pointed out. Surely this is the most widely viewed psychedelic chitlin-circuit soap opera in history. Just as he does this, Cathy comes back in the room and forgives Rufussaying she's willing to work it out. Sylvester wakes up in bed with a woman who is not his wife. Dont you hate it when that happens? The original actor for the officer AKA James, Rondolo Bryce, was changed to current actor, Michael Kenneth Williams. Trapped in the Closet Season 9 E 12 11/16/2005 Scientologists converge on Stan's house after he is identified as the reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard. The second batch of Trapped in the Closet episodes (Chapters 13-22) are currently screening on the IFC channels Web site, and it hardly seems necessary to say that they defy description, let alone summation. The first chapter was released as the lead single from the album in 2005 by Jive Records. This would still put Bridget, Big Man, and James at serious risk. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top, Not the answer you're looking for? The conclusion of Part 3 begins with the character Bankhead opening the door, at first reluctant to let the men in. Reverend Mosley James Evans and the Peace Within Choir attempt to persuade Pimp Lucius, a pimp with a severe stuttering problem, to stop pimping and to turn his life around. A few seconds later, Sylvester and Twan burst through the door and Sylvester points his gun at James.