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
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