spanking?

I think the person being spanked is supposed to be Karen Carpenter. Dunno about the spanker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar:_The_Karen_Carpenter_Story

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I took it as more symbolic than literal. Every time she attempted to assert some independence she was treated by her parents and her brother like a child who needed to be spanked.

It is symbolic for the way she is disciplining her body through her anorexia...

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yea i didn't get that

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One of his early shorts, made between POISON and SAFE, is "Dottie Gets Spanked", about a young boy who fantasizes about being spanked. I saw it a film festival in the mid 90s.

It could be taken in a couple of ways. I found it symbolic of how people treated her and how she was treating herself.



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Karen Carpenter came from a close knit strict family where she was most likely a victim of some form of child abuse, though I have not yet researched her family life. But I do know they were close knit and strict. The part where she talks to the daughter of Pat Boone who was also anorexic, that girl was one of 4 sisters, all who were abused, their Dad was a very strict Christian, and they all had problems as well. It is very common that anorexics have come from very abusive strict families.