Many of its biggest fans seem to think they’re laughing at Mr. The Web site for New York magazine () proclaimed this “the cultural event of the year,” while one fairly typical commenter at ifc.com called it “a perfect storm of the worst artistry ever.”Īnd yet there is something slightly unnerving about the kind of attention “Trapped in the Closet” has received.
Kelly’s outlandish achievement seems to inspire overstatement, especially online. Kelly promised that “Trapped” would return, and now it has: the IFC channel’s Web site has been showing a new episode every day, leading up to tomorrow’s DVD release of “Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22” (Jive). It was the kind of pop spectacle you had to see to believe thanks to the online video explosion you could.īack then, Mr. The DVD arrived in late 2005, just as YouTube was taking off, and “Trapped” became a viral hit. A 5-part single mushroomed into a 12-part DVD, and in retrospect, his timing looks perfect. Kelly’s unprecedented audiovisual opus, “Trapped in the Closet,” ever since its premiere, two summers ago. Because people have been talking about R. What is there to say, really, about a multipart R&B soap opera cum sex farce starring an expanding cast of actors and actresses, all lip-syncing to the increasingly kaleidoscopic story-songs of a pop star once known for slow jams and “I Believe I Can Fly”?
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