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Charting R. Kelly\'s \'Trapped in the Closet\'

“Trapped in the Closet,” a musical soap opera by the R&B superstar R. Kelly, rivals any telenovela with its love triangles and over-the-top plot twists, and the singer himself plays multiple roles. Over the 22 chapters of Part 1 and Part 2, Sylvester (R. Kelly) investigates a series of events that involve unlikely romantic and criminal relationships. Now, after a long hiatus, a new installment recently premiered on the cable network IFC and IFC.com. We find the characters trying to make sense of what they've discovered about one another, as well as a shocking family tie. The artist Andrew Kuo unravels the latest web of relationships.