Todd Haynes' Dottie Gets Spanked is a stylized and bittersweet tribute to his childhood fascination with I Love Lucy. The film is set in 1960s America and follows a young boy named Steven Gale who is obsessed with Dottie Frank, the star of a popular sitcom. The boy's fixation is encouraged by his mother, but his father grows increasingly frustrated by his son's interests, which he sees as "sissified". The film is a heartfelt and provocative exploration of the tensions between surface-level appearances and deeply buried emotions.
Dottie Gets Spanked
In 1960s America, a creative six-year-old boy becomes fixated on the popular TV show "The Dottie Show," which sparks concerns among his parents about the show's potentially problematic content, particularly a memorable spanking scene that has captured the boy's attention.
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