Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 (2007) (V)

Directors:

R. Kelly
Victor Mignatti

Premierendatum:

21. August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Kurzfilm | Musik

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Pimp | Gospel | Aria | Rhythm And Blues | Choir

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Trash

Besetzung

R. Kelly	...	Sylvester
Eric Lane	...	Twan
LeShay N. Tomlinson	...	Cathy (as Leshay Tomlinson)
LaDonna Tittle	...	Rosie (as Ladonna Tittle)
Tracey Bonner	...	Tina
Erika Ringor	...	Roxanne
Will Oldham	...	Platoon
Greg Hollimon	...	Tom
Jermaine Janky Salmond	...	Street
Brian Smith	...	Craig (as Brian "Wildcat" Smith)
Pierre Maurey	...	Church Man
Cat Wilson	...	Gwendolyn
Rolando Boyce	...	Rufus
Malik Middleton	...	Chuck (as Malik S. Middleton)
Michael K. Williams	...	James (as Michael Kenneth Williams)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language throughout.

Länge:

48 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.78 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

USA:R

Drehorte:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Firma:

Fuzzy Bunny Films (I)

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Nimmt Bezug auf Parapluies de Cherbourg, Les (1964)

Trash

Where the first series was a noble misadventure, the second set is treacherous. Every possible cliché, trope and familiar banality is recycled in pursuit of simply filling out another series so that R Kelly finally has a reason to wear a selection of suits and look cool and in control. Any pretence of a through dramatic line is abandoned as if the script were being prepared in situ by children with foul mouths and limited or crippled imagination. Even the earlier rough sense of rigour or formality with respect to singing the script crumbles away.

One might suspect that if R Kelly had managed to persuade the money men to OK the first series, the unexpectedly half-positive critical response forced their collective, calculating hand to demand a second where there was - artistically speaking - none. Worse than wallpaper.