R. Kelly - "Trapped in the Closet - Chapter 6"

I guess we're supposed drive ourselves crazy wondering if Chuck is a) bisexual, or b) a closeted gay man who is married to a woman. However, Chuck's character is poorly developed compared to the other major players, so I'm not sure what reason we'd have to care about his story.

Also, the "chuck said rufus said kathy said x 5739393" part was more over the top than anything in Parts 1-5.

I didn't really take it that way, more that he's "cured" of cheating in general. Rufus' final moment with Chuck is tender. I think if R. Kelly wanted to make a statement on curing homosexuality, Rufus wouldn't have kissed Chuck. And Chuck would have spontaneously combusted, burning in hell right before our ears. R's been a lot more sensitive about the gay thing than I ever would have suspected. Plus the whole pro-marriage vows stance seems more in line with "Closet" and Robert's brand of retardation.

Anyway, I posted an MP3 of "Part 6" that I recorded from the show. It's here:

http://fourfour.typepad.com/fourfour/2005/08/reloaded_or_ret.html

Chapter 6: Phantom Menace...big letdown.

This is one of those songs I don't want to ever end, like Dylan's Highlands.

haha that's a good comparison actually...lots of dialogue in each....

Rich has a point, but I still think the cheer at the end when Rufus goes back to kathy was a bit...ugh.

How many on the DL dudes do you know who are bi like that?!

(xp haha @ the idea that madonna+britney kiss has anything to do with the assault homosexuality poses on our family values!!!)

To me, this is the most interesting part of the "Closet" ordeal, which I felt wasn't clever enough to merit its bombast. I'm kinda sorry that I doubted him.

http://home.earthlink.net/~scottsmiley/images/Confused.gif

Thats the parallel that doesn't make sense.

Turn your brains off, it's just fun, you know?

well, that alone would make it an accomplishment !

You're Macy Gray?

Now soon as I left Cathys house, they all get up of the floor
then Rufus says Chuck are you okey, then Cathy closes the door
then Chuck said Rufus what the hell just happened, then Rufus said I'll tell ya
she just almost got us shot, right here in this room
then Cathy says you got nerve, almost got you shot? when you sneeking in and out of hotels with him and not telling what I got
Chuck says and what do you mean by that?
Cathy looks at him and says: figure it out!
he says: uhhhhhh Rufus, she do'nt know me, I will cut this bitch right now
come on and try it
wait I swear to God, try it
just try it
Rufus I swear to God, try it
come on, try it
come on, CALM YOUR ASS DOWN!
Rufus says, Rufus says Chuck we'll talk about it later
then Cathy says this shit is said
Chuck says Rufus I'm leaving, are you coming?
Cathy says Rufus, then Chuck says Rufus
Rufus looks at Chuck and says: Chuck you know I love you
Chuck says well lets go he said but I love her too
then Chuck says Rufus what about the things you told me, the things we did, the places we went, the love you made to me..
then Cathy says wait a minute, now I've heard enough of this bull
Chuck says me too, Rufus lets go can't you see the stunt she's trying to pull?
Rufus says I said nobody's going nowere, to we figure this out
Cathy says like I said, it ain't nothing to figure out, so get this fool up out my house
then Rufus said: your house is my house too and I say he stays
Chuck says Rufus Im out of here
Rufus says Chuck hold up, just wait!
Cathy says let him go, Rufus, I need you and Chuck says Rufus I need you too
then Rufus says Chuck, Chuck says Rufus if I loved you(???) aint no telling what I would do (???)
then Cathy says Rufus,
Rufus says Cathy,
Chuck says Rufus,
Rufus says Chuck
then Cathy grabs him
then Chuck pulls him
then Cathy says Rufus, please, if you love me, dont let him ruin our lives
then Rufus looks at Cathy, then he lets go of Cathy, then he looks at Chuck
he walks over to Chuck, and then he kisses Chuck, then he says to Chuck: Chuck I'm sorry, but I'm going back to my wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife!!!

Yup. Easily entertained right here. It was kinda like listening to a Madea play without paying a shitload of money.

Me, I found the performance completely half-arsed and disappointing, but enormously enjoyed watching how Kelly's disconnect from reality enabled him to deliver something so half-arsed and disappointing in such an earnest manner.

some facts gleaned:
the saga is written through chapter 22.
chuck's backstory: he was a transvestite hustler in san francisco who moved to chicago and was saved by rufus' preaching.
twan's backstory: he was running drugs from chicago to atlanta and got busted, and he's just getting out of prison.
the guy playing the cop in chapters 6-12 (out on dvd on 11/1) is not the same guy who played the cop in chapter 4's original edit.

also r kelly did an amazing imitation of himself as an old man, asking what chapter he was up to.

finally, a gun that was introduced in the first segment does, indeed, go off.

The Intraweb really suxxor sometimes. Deej's feeling is totally justified. So is hstencil's disagreement with it.

So let's call each other nasty names and behave like schoolchildren! YEAH!!!

Besides, only Chapter 1 was any good, anyway.

hold tight lioness on this one

"Rufus says Chuck we'll talk about it later
then Cathy says this shit is said
Chuck says Rufus I'm leaving, are you coming?
Cathy says Rufus, then Chuck says Rufus
Rufus looks at Chuck and says: Chuck you know I love you"

Surely this is lame. Maybe it works if it's performed by more than one guy but as a one man performance this was just laughable.