The thing about it is, much like films like The Room and Rocky Horror Picture Show, which are now screened over and over, it's become so big that people want to gauge what it's like to watch with others and sort of laugh at the same spots. The green screen usage in this thing is particularly bad if he's driving a car, there's literally a picture behind him of a street, worse than films that were made in the 1940s. It is completely made for the small screen. Trapped in the Closet feels like such an Internet-age phenomenon. Im gonna calm myself down, and I pull out my gun If Tom Cruise and John Travolta dont come out of the closet Im gonna cap this bitch.
It's played out as a song soap opera, like an R & B All My Children. I don't want to give away too much, but it's basically based on a one-night stand that goes wrong when everybody starts to understand who slept with who. My take on it is that it's very self-aware. It's made up of power R&B ballads, very power-driven. It's pretty intense: completely sung throughout, without any talking in the film. Then I say girl, 'Just wait till I tell you all the drama that I've been dealing wit'' She laughs, 'I wanna hear it all' Then I laugh and say, 'Baby first of all I got a hangover, been trapped in. He walks in the bathroom And looks behind the door She says, 'Baby, come back to bed' He says, 'b say no more' He pulls back the shower curtain While she's biting her nails Then he walks back to the room Right now, I'm sweating like hell Checks under the bed Then under the dresser He looks at the closet I pull out my Baretta He walks up to. Yes, it's kind of an odd description! But I think we're ready to accept this name after watching it a couple of times. Kelly: Well well well what the fuck is this, A condom in my bed you better start. Just the term "hip-hopera" is kind of goofily great. Full and accurate LYRICS for Trapped In The Closet Chapter 5 from R.