In the course of the narrative, our sole protagonist is Sylvester who negotiates various treachery with his wife, Gwendolyn, his one-night-stand, Cathy, pastor Rufus, and his secret lover, Chuck. Chapters 23 through 33 are a chitlin' circuit sort of blaxploitation. Chapters 8 through 22 are soap opera surrealism a la Passions. 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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