Spoofs appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” a “South Park” episode in which Tom Cruise was trapped in a closet generated its own controversy. A comedy blog,, posted summaries of the byzantine storyline they eventually ended up in a best music-writing anthology. Kelly album, “TP.3 Reloaded” the rest, along with accompanying videos and then a DVD, followed independent of any records.īy 2006 “Trapped” had spawned a cottage industry of responses, explications and parodies. The first dozen episodes of “Trapped” were released in installments, starting in the summer of 2005. Kelly, a Grammy-winning singer who is scheduled to go on trial on child pornography charges in Chicago on Sept.

He creates a universe that is completely self-contained.” (Mr. The closest thing I can compare it to is John Waters. “It’s the intersection of brilliance and insanity,” said Evan Shapiro, the general manager of IFC. Private viewing parties, tribute performances and singalong screenings are scheduled for around the country, celebrating the first hip-hopera/alt-comedy/independent video crossover hit. Given the plot twists - Episode 9: “Not only is there a man in this cabinet/But the man is a midget! (Midget! Midget! Midget!)” - fan anticipation is almost absurdly high.

Kelly’s record label, plans to release a DVD collection of the latest episodes, and next month IFC will present all 22 chapters consecutively, like a film. Since Monday, the IFC cable channel’s Web site, IFC.com, has been streaming one new chapter daily. Kelly has created 10 more episodes of his cult video series, which he and a cast lip-sync as he narrates the story to a lilting, and unchanging, beat, punctuated by the sound of water dripping. Kelly, the R&B star, is getting, if possible, even more complex. Now “Trapped in the Closet,” the tale of infidelity, violence and violent infidelity by R. The dramas hinged on unlikely plot devices: leg cramps, pie allergies, the surprising things one finds hiding in cupboards. But after 12 chapters the triangle was more like a lopsided octagon, with a dozen characters and as many cliffhangers. The story began simply enough: the love triangle of Sylvester, Kathy and Rufus.

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