Dottie Gets Spanked (1993)

Dottie Gets Spanked 1993 Another dazzling suburban phantasm from writer director Todd Haynes, Dottie Gets Spanked made post Poison and pre Safe is a stylized, bittersweet nod to his childhood fascination with I Love Lucy Deep in the heart of pre hippie 1960s America, young artistically inclined Steven Gale is obsessed with Dottie Frank, wacky star of the eponymous hit sitcom The Dottie Show While his mother gently encourages the boys fixation, his father grows increasingly frustrated by his sons apparently sissified interests This provocative, heartfelt mini feature anticipates Haynes Oscar nominated Far From Heaven with its excavation of placid mid century surfaces and deeply buried emotions