Sorry, Nora. I did write that it was off-topic. But you're right. Other list. It's just that it had an interesting narrative structure. First person narration mixed with revelation and as I said in the old black theater genre. And the language...was so ...well "down home." I smiled to see how "real" it got. And yet...it was high opera. But opera isn't literature, it's more musical or visual. -C
--- > > Hi all: > > > > Anyone here see the R Kelly "Trapped in the closet" video? Aside from > > what it might be saying about the sexual proclivities of the young > > urban black professionals, the narrative structure -- of the "what > > goes around comes around" theme-- and the cynicism (Is no one good or a > > faithful? Not even a pastor or a cop?) makes me wonder. Okay, I have a > > sense of humor but what's the theme of this thing? Secrets coming out > > of the closet? > > > > It reminds me of the cornbread theater circut with all the high > > operatic stuff and the black theater but those plays always end with > > someone being redeemed. This is cynical totally. Not anything > > redemptive. Or is coming to the truth the happy ending? > > > > I like it. I just think it's a big jump from the kind of "okay, it's > > the happy ending and we're all singing in church and the family's > > united" that one sees at the Beacon theater or at the Apollo. A near -- > > yet far -- cry from Confessions of a Mad black woman. > > Just commenting. > Nora writes: > The thing you have to remember is that this video was made by R Kelley, > whose sexual proclivities (as Dave Chapelle has reminded us) are FAR FROM > NORMAL. =P The drama and cynicism of the video is based on *his* > experiences, which clearly aren't all that fantastic on the relationship > front. But then considering how he treats women, does that really surprise > anyone? > > Nora Carole McDonnell www.geocities.com/scifiwritir/OreoBlues.html So Long Been Dreaming - Arsenal Pulp Press. www.arsenalpulp.com Fantastic Visions III - Fantasist Enterprises. www.fantasistent.com Easy Way to Write Bible Studies -- easywaytowrite.com/bible_studies.html Then along came an angel: Messengers of Deliverance - Pleasant Word Books Life Spices from Seasoned Sistahs - www.nubianimagespublishing.com Jigsaw Nation -- Wildside Press [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/