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This material is not for children - and probably not for people who should be working!
These videos have little to do with gentlemanly conduct and nothing at all to do with making the most of relationships. However, they may well be of interest to those who savor spanking itself or who wish to study the response of the adult human female to a relentless rain of smacks to her bottom.
Part 1 - written before I saw the videos
Part 2 - Review!
If I was making a Spanking Video . . . .
These spankings probably go way beyond what would be healthy as a regular part of a man-woman relationship. Whilst they may resonate with the fantasies of some of the most spankable of women, to what extent they would actually want to experience such severity is not something I have researched.
In each 30 minute tape three consenting women are subjected to non-stop, no mucking around spankings. A ten minute relentless, severe spanking is a serious ordeal. It seems that the women change their minds rapidly - and tearfully regret their prior consent (I assume) for the spanking to continue no matter what. These tapes are clearly aimed at the male viewing market and emphasise intensity over subtlety. They present just one aspect of the chastisement/spanking/discipline universe - but one which some of the lustier spankers and spankees may well appreciate.
Many people who are passionate about giving and receiving chastisement are also very keen about various exquisite implements, from hair-brushes to canes. This may lead to the mistaken impression that the palm of the hand somehow lacks effectiveness as a punishment implement. These videos seem to show that a strong and determined man is perfectly matched to the sensitivities of the female bottom and thighs and is able to deliver all the punishment that might reasonably be needed with his bare hands - without risking the permanent physical damage which may result from some of the harsher implements.
It seems that the women in these videos have been well paid for their involvement, and that every one of them would have seriously regretted, at the time, their decision to be spanked very hard by the Red Hot Man. There's no story or talk. There's no context for the spanking - other than what can be presumed about a woman deciding to accept payment for what the Red Hot people no-doubt promise will be a very painful spanking indeed. If there was anything genuinely exploitative about this practice, then presumably the women would sue - this is America after all. Presumably Red Hot are conducting themselves ethically - though the women concerned would have formed a different view soon after they started to feel the heat. I like to think Red Hot treat their freshly spanked women with great care and support the moment the cameras stop. They should provide a limousine for their trip home - with a nice long seat to lie down on. They should organise fine wine and food to be delivered in the days following the ordeal, since the spanked women won't be able to sit or drive.
It seems that their videos have a sound track of crying, pleading and, as my correspondent wrote "loud smacks & frantic screaming". An apparently unique aspect of these videos is that cartoonish "zings and boings" sound effects have been added in the background. Apparently the result, at least for some viewers, is that the videos are intensely funny! The hapless woman is apparently mocked in her suffering by this cartoon-like treatment, while the man remorselessly continues the punishment.
Its different strokes for different folks in the spanking scene, and I think that these videos show one particular flavour - to the max. At least they sound unpretentious.
This recreational mocking of the suffering of distressed, red-bottomed, squirming and squealing women is something that makes me uneasy. Quite likely, for some men, this would fuel the fires of misogyny - which is entirely at odds with being a gentleman. On the other hand, women who write about their spanking experiences and fantasies often report their feelings of embarrassment and distress with a pulse- quickening combination of dread and fascination - so there may be some women who would appreciate this apparently derisive approach. So maybe its not so insulting. Its accepted that people like to be spanked, and so spanking them is a gift. Similarly if it is accepted that part of the thrill, before and afterwards (though not at the time!) is the feeling of distress, helplessness and shame as they are punished without mercy, then maybe these videos are expressing a genuine aesthetic and emotional aspect of the spanking experience, one that is in tune with the sensibilities of at least some women. At least it makes a change from all that black leather and sombre "dungeon" like stuff, or the potentially stilted schoolgirl acting which apparently is prevalent in other spanking videos. (I'm working from reviews here - I have never seen one.)
There's a contract for everything in the Land of Lawyers, and it would be interesting to peruse the contract these women sign for their Red Hot session. I wonder how these activities are viewed by Actors Equity, or the local occupational health and safety authorities.
I wonder if the women were shown one of the videos before agreeing to partake in one. They should have been shown one - and any woman who agreed to do it without seeing one would be very silly indeed. If they had seen one of the videos, then what kind of women would agree to go ahead with this? I don't assume that all of them are actually craving a spanking - but maybe they are. Maybe the fee was the sole or primary attraction. Lets hope that their desire for money had nothing to do with unfortunate circumstances concerning drugs of addiction.
At least one of these women is apparently a table-top-dancer. There are many ways of earning a quid from your femininity - including prostitution and loveless marriage, table-top (lap?) "dancing", working as a dominatrix or being spanked. Personally I think the later items on this list are less degrading and dangerous than the former. Working as a dominatrix involves intense emotional and mental demands. Being a professional spankee involves different pressures. Its not obviously an intellectual pursuit, but I wouldn't be interested in purchasing a video such as this concerning unintelligent, non-consenting or drug-dependent women.
It would be interesting to interview the women a few months afterwards - when their bottoms have returned to their normal shape and colour. What was their recollection of their time across the knees of the Red Hot Man? Was there anything erotic about this gig before, during or after the spanking? Did it advance their acting or dancing career? Would they recommend it to their friends? Would they do it again??
In Australia, some women offer their services professionally as spankees (see adverts in Paddles). Nine women have so far participated in Red Hot's videos. I understand there is a substantial US industry in this genre, so its apparently not too hard to find women who are prepared to be spanked very hard, for a camera, in the knowledge that every squirm, cry, reddening and swelling will be savored and devoured by a generally male audience.
I gather that most spanking videos involve a lot of acting - fantasy scenarios etc. There may be some very serious action - for instance real, hard caning - in some of these videos. Some others are probably piss-weak. So where these Red Hot videos fit into the spanking video universe, I can't say. However, it does appear that the Red Hot crew have developed a style with some unique characteristics. I am impressed by this. These videos celebrate a number of aspects of spanking which may escape a production style based on the assumptions of Hollywood.
The Red Hot modus operandi seems to be:
He doesn't vary the pace enormously - except to halt so he can grab the squirming girl. He doesn't slacken off in response to cries for mercy, nor does he intensify proceedings if a girl hits or swears at him. He's very even-handed.
There is a style of spanking, which might be adopted by a gentleman who needs to teach his loved one a short, sharp lesson. That style would consist of three, six or at the most twelve really hard, full-blooded, whacks on the backside - just one of which - even at half the pace - would have any woman jumping out of her skin. Just one such spank - even without the full force a man can deliver (as he would when hammering a large nail, driving a golf-ball, or chopping wood) - leaves a bright red imprint of his hand on the womanly flesh . . .
That not the Red Hot Man's approach. He is a practitioner of the "relentless-rain-of-slaps" style of spanking. Each slap might leave a vague red mark on its own, but he doesn't supply them in quantities of one, or even by the dozen . . . He never raises his hand above his shoulder and he never fully extends his arm. He doesn't really wallop the girls with all his might - but he spanks them time and time and time and time and time and time again. At their web site, the Red Hot folk mention "several hundred" smacks. That's an understatement in all cases. The endurance award goes to a pretty brunette - Monica - who settles down into the lap of the Red Hot Man with a delightful smile, and a slightly worried look, as she says in an uncertain, but most becoming, tone of voice "I'm scared.". Well might she be scared! 13 minutes and 47 seconds of relentless spanking later - without a moment's break - my spankometer (accurate to around +/- 5%) recorded 2,144 smacks! That's 2.59 per second - a rate which the Red Hot Man almost attains on some of his other lovely charges, although not for so long..
This long-lasting, "rain-of-pain" style is often mentioned in female spanking fantasies - although I think there is usually more variation than what the Red Hot Man delivers. Women's bottoms are extraordinarily sensitive anyway - and when they have been spanked a few hundred times, without a moment's rest, they are perhaps more sensitive rather than less.
Each girl shouts, squirms and pleads in her own way - but as long as the Red Hot Man wants them to feel the fire of his hand, that fire fills their mind to the max.
Some are relatively quiet in their suffering - others are more expressive and full of pleading and cursing. There are times when they are capable of forming sentences - but not many. By the noise and commotion, you would think the end of the world was nigh - the blitzkrieg on the behind fills their sensibilities. Before long their bottoms are red - but there's no deep bruising or anything else that wouldn't go away in a few days.
There is a certain Zen to the Red Hot modus operandi. Its real simple. Girl gets spanked, time and time and time and time and time again. Its hypnotic - once you overcome reservations about enjoying someone else's distress. Monica's epic experience is punctuated - for us - only by some of the other girls-to-be-spanked shown listening and chattering (some truly artful mangling of the sound here . . . ) outside the motel room door. They appear to be giggling at the whacks and cries emanating through the closed door - its rather delicious.
As one who appreciates (and sometimes creates) longer pieces of ambient and "process" music, such as that of Brian Eno, Gavin Bryars and Steve Reich, I really appreciate the minimal aspects of the Red Hot modus operandi. This is a conceptual minimalism - there's nothing minimal about stinging and hurt the girls feel on their behinds. Its the conceptual minimalism - the simplicity and openness - of the girls simply being spanked, without pretext, without preliminaries, without post-mortem's, with no other reason than that they are starring in a Red Hot production. Apart from the rather contrived anonymity of the Red Hat Man (we never see above his shoulder), we have an account simply of a spanking - without any other pretenses or window-dressing..
For me, if this is all that happened, then I would be frustrated - a physical spanking with no context about the spankee. Sometimes that's the way it is - but in most cases we get some contextual information regarding the real situation of how and why the girls agree to be spanked. This can be fascinating! That's what minimal, open, music-making processes are all about - let the process run and see what happens. If it is a good process, very often interesting things will happen which could never have been deliberately planned.
Most of this unexpected action takes place with the two "couples" - Laura and Rachelle, and Lacey and Amy. Happily, both "couples" seem to based on robust friendships - relationships that thrive on some teasing and which can cope with a little conflict. Laura spits the dummy on finding that they have come to this motel room for spanking. "I'm outta here!!" she calls - "No Way!". Attacking her partner Rachelle for not having clarified this beforehand, it transpires that it was Laura who set the gig up . . . We don't see the negotiations which follow, but the the Red Hot impresario convinces them of the wisdom of the Red Hot Way. The next thing we see is Laura, face down on the bed, with Rachelle gleefully slapping her tail time and again. They are girl smacks, but they sting. Laura's the one who messed up, so she gets to go first - and Rachelle clearly enjoys warming her up.
Laura's tone changes quickly once the Red Hot Man sets to work on her bottom. She is actually one of the more composed ones - but she's kicking and crying out for all but the first few seconds of her tour of duty, which was around a thousand whacks according my spankometer. Rachelle looks on, naked and beautiful, beaming with joy at every stinging spank her partner endures and at all her cries and pleading.
Now the really interesting stuff begins - and this is the sort of thing that wouldn't come through in a scripted "fantasy" production. Rachelle thinks its time to go home! "I am not getting spanked!" she says. "Its your turn. Its your turn!" responds Laura. "I am not getting whooped!" says Rachelle as Laura wrestles the laughing, beautiful brunette to the bed and starts to warm her tail up. This really is a delight - Laura joyfully slapping the taller girl's gyrating bottom! Actually I think Rachelle is acting up a little to these girl-slaps - but there's no acting talent required once the Red Hot Man gets to work
Its not long into her ordeal - which rivals Monica's epic - and Rachelle is beside herself in distress. She's struggling between the "Oww!!"s and "Aawww!"s to put together a sentence that she will do anything (she makes some suggestions which I will not detail)for the Red Hot Man if he will only end the spanking. There's a moment's respite and we see Laura walk in front of the camera - her lovely white thighs and blushing, slightly swollen buttocks. She pours some cold drink and ice over Rachelle's burning bottom. Rachelle abuses her and the Red Hot Man carries on with his good work on her wet and therefore more sensitive tail.
Lacey and Amy are a couple who evidently know each other. They look pretty confident in their feminine sensibilities - but Lacey's levelheadedness evaporates after three warm-up smacks from the Red Hot Man and she is crying out and gasping with the best of them from then on. Blonde Amy's contribution to her partner's distress is to stand sipping a drink, wearing a white G String body suit, with a big smile on her face reporting how red Lacey's ass is and telling the Red Hot Man "Hit her harder. Hit her harder!".
The Red Hot Man just carries on spanking - no correspondence for mercy or escalation of the chastisement will be entered into. The mantra-like Red Hot Process works its magic as the minutes glide by, with Lacey consistently exclaiming how much it hurts, kicking and squirming and squealing. She's well into her approximately thousand swat session and all her partner Amy can contribute, between sips of her drink, is requests for the Red Hot Man to "Spank her harder!" . . .
There are few surprises from the Red Hot Man. He spanks consistently: with his right hand while his left arm is around the girl's waist - or with his right hand holding her by the thighs and his left sharply slapping the higher parts of her bottom. The stride piano player plays on and on, usually the same song . . .
. . . but what's this? The music pauses . . . we hear the tinkle of ice? The Red Hot Man lets Lacey's buttocks rest for a few precious seconds while Amy walks over with a glass full of ice and water. Amy sprinkles it liberally and carelessly and the Red Hot Man rubs it all over Lacey's full, burning hot bottom. Then he gets back to work and the piano player starts up again! The mantra continues . . .
There are more hundreds of smacks and more minutes to go for Lacey . . . she tires for a moment and then fires up again. The Red Hot Man isn't letting up - these are robust swats that rain down on Lacey's tail time and again. Finally, enough is enough - and Amy is smiling like a Cheshire cat. "Your ass is so red. You deserved it. Look at you!".
Then its Amy's turn to bend over the Red Hot Lap. That deep appreciation and pleasure she held for Lacey's chastisement doesn't seem to make much difference when it is her skin that is being slapped resoundingly. Within two or three swats she is grimacing and asking for it to stop - but surely she must know it is pointless to ask for such mercies.
What of Lacey? Is she sulking in another room rubbing her tail, questioning her sanity and promising herself she will never, ever, do a spanking gig again? No-sir-ee! She is radiant, laughing and smiling as she contemplates the beginning of Amy's torment. If this brief, beautiful image of such happiness was shown to a normal person, devoid of its actual spanking context, it would be a toss-up deciding if this bright young woman had just won a beauty contest, just married Mr Right, just been awarded for some noble and brilliant endeavor or whether she was experiencing some other wholesome tastes from the gardens of fortune and delight.
No. This woman has just suffered the spanking-of-a-lifetime - but her suffering of minutes before is not evident at all. She is filled with joy at the commencement of her girlfriend's spanking-of-a-lifetime! She's wearing a black net body stocking and telling the Red Hot Man: "Hit her harder! Make her ass as red as hell!!"
Part of Amy's right buttock is developing a blue tinge and Lacy is laughing out loud . . .
It's easy to see what inflammatory stuff this spanking is. Endorphin production from anticipation, experience, administration and contemplation of spanking, Like a chain reaction in plutonium it could spread like wild-fire and soon everyone would be doing it. No work would be done at all and the entire economy would grind to a halt as young and old spanked, caned, whipped and in other ways chastised each other! It happened in the Middle Ages. http://www.d.umn.edu/~aroos/plagueprimdocs.htm : "Many honorable women and devout matrons, it must be added, had done this penance with scourges, marching and singing through towns and churches like the men, but after a little like the others they desisted."
I wouldn't claim that the Red Hot videos are great works of art, or that they are fastidiously well conducted research projects - but I did enjoy them and found them interesting. I don't think I wouldn't play them every day or week - but maybe some of these spanking sessions would serve well as an aerobics tape!
Of course there is more to these lovely girls' spanking experiences than my review can mention. If your research needs involve finding the most vocal spankee, then perhaps you should start with Roxie on the second tape. Roxie's ordeal is such a colourful, lively affair that the piano-player gets a shot of adrenaline, racing ahead at a manic pace, while some loony throws in a few cartoon sound effects.
The Red Hot web site uses some strong language - "raw steaks" - to describe the transformation of the girl's bottoms. Its not really that bad, but one girl does seem to be more sensitive than the others - Cleo. She gets a thousand or so smacks and her suffering seems very real. Eventually the Red Hot Man listens to her repeated pleas for cessation and they gently embrace - she with quivering hands. Its her hot red tail as the first image at the Red Hot web site - and while it may look nasty to those who aren't involved in this, I think it would be back almost to normal in a week or so. The really ugly damage happens with straps, canes and with other implements - or perhaps with a really ferocious hand-spanking - but even this heals up perfectly unless the cane tears the skin.
All these girls certainly live to wiggle another day. There's no permanent damage done and I would be surprised if anyone is getting exploited. My correspondent at Red Hot informs me that my suggestion of a limo to take them home is not part of the modus-operandi, but that the Red Hot Man is gentleman enough to apply some anaesthetic creme and to pour the freshly spanked girls any stiff drinks they request.
Each spankophile will find different pleasures or difficulties with videos such as these. They could be used in a really dull way - a bunch of beer-swilling half-wit blokes sitting around laughing at women suffering. I hope that's not what happens, but no doubt such people are part of the market. Still I suspect that these spankings are both more natural and less damaging (physically and psychologically) than some of the other fare purchased by such half-wits - such as "hot anal action" involving giant dildoes.
If simple-minded enjoyment of another human's suffering was all Red Hot were interested in, their videos would be much cruder. However these videos embody humour, an appreciation of feminine sensibilities and a keen interest in what happens when those oh-so-delicate and sensitive womanly buttocks encounter the real-hard hand of the Red Hot Man. More to the point, there is interest in what happens when the powerful messages from those sensitive bottoms flood into the normally comfortable and coquettish minds of the girls themselves. I think Red Hot could develop this further - such as with interviews minutes, hours and months afterwards regarding what the girl's thought of their spankings.
The Red Hot sensibility seems to be fired by the deliciously sensual nature of the girls they chose. Also, they chose women in their mid-twenties - not schoolgirls. The central theme of these videos is probably the juxtaposition between the celebration of feminine physical and sensual delights, and the Whap, Whap, Whap, Whap, Whap, Whap, Whap spanking machine that is the Red Hot Man. This is a refined and intelligent sensibility, despite the harshness and simplicity of one of its elements. While I think there is a lot more good work to do, Red Hot have achieved an openness of process which enables real things to happen - which I think are much more engaging than artifice.
How do they squirm and protest? What of their nipples? You will have to order the videos and conduct your own research. My favourite aspect of the videos is not so much the spankings, but seeing the wicked joy two of the freshly spanked women take in their girlfriends' burning behind, as the Red Hot Man methodically takes the girlfriend on a journey to the depths of humiliation and pain that they had just endured. Its a complex field isn't it?
Imagine this. I explain to the girl (I am thinking of women 22 to 40 or so - I think the deeper appreciation of the older ones more than compensates for their somewhat less cute bottoms) that what we want is to spank her twelve times - each time very hard. We want to do this all in about fifteen to twenty seconds - followed by twenty minutes of corner time. She will think that the world is about to end - but only for twenty seconds. She will have a very red and slightly bruised bottom, and find it hard to sit down for a day or so - but it will all clear up within a week or so. I would explain that the payment is $50 per spank (US dollars lets say - the Australian dollar is now less than two thirds the value). So - that's twenty seconds of hell (and some discomfort for a few days), for USD$600.
Once the intense spanking has been administered, we have a very tearful, angry and regretful woman on our hands - but she's USD$600 richer, so its not all bad. Now, as previously arranged, she stands in the corner - and she mustn't touch her bottom. We keep a camera on her tail and let her inspect it in the mirror - so she relaxes a bit when she sees its still all in one piece. After about ten minutes, we tell her she can touch her bottom, and she feels it is hot and swollen - but nothing gross. We get out the ice water and apply it with fresh towels. We also give her a thick, supple, leather strap (or maybe a harsh, stiff, three-thonged tawse as well . . . ) to hold while we attend to her derriere. We tell her she has another ten minutes to stand there, holding the strap, and at the end of that time (if she wants longer, that's OK) she has to tell us whether she would like to get the strap, really hard, on her bottom, on her thighs or on the palms of her hands (her choice), at $100 a stroke. She could specify what strokes she wants to take and we will enforce her decision - or she can make up her mind as she goes. These strokes would not be rushed - each one would be a lot more intense than a hand-spank, and probably the best thing would be to administer one at a time (or perhaps two or three at the very most if that was her choice) and then give her all the time she needs before presenting herself for the next stroke(s). My theory is that ten minutes after the spanking, she will realise that it is not the end of the world, and that there are some positive sensual delights to offset the pain. A substantial supply of hundred dollar bills might be required!
Naturally this would be with intelligent, independent women - not those who are so desperate for money they would do anything. Similarly, the fees paid would not be outlandishly high - which might tempt them into going further than would be healthy. Ideally, the spankable woman would not be alone, but be accompanied by a male or female friend - so she never has reason to fear for her safety. If the Red Hot videos are anything to go by, it is relatively easy and immensely rewarding to "corrupt" (well, its really a matter or education and encouragement . . .) a pair of young women - who formerly professed no interest whatsoever in spanking - into becoming willing spankees and to delight in each other's stinging and distress.
Here's a more theatrical approach. Half a dozen spirited women dressing, dancing, luxuriating and perhaps partially undressing to the tune of various pieces of French ballet music. . . leading up to the main event in which half-a-dozen good strong men take their girls over their knees, lift their skirts, remove those knickers which are not G-strings and holding their curvaceous partners firmly by their waists . . . fondly spank their backsides like there was no tomorrow - rhythmically to the rousing sounds of what I consider the ultimate spanking music - Jaques Offenbach's Can-Can.
There are many aspects to spanking. My preference is generally for the feminine, curvaceous, sensitive ones to be on the receiving end - but perhaps to be dishing out the strong medicine as well. However, as a spanking video impresario, I would be an equal opportunity employer. Imagine filming the sequel to the above hugely successful Can-Can production, in which unbeknownst to the gentlemen involved, at the last minute the tables are turned and the women are supplied with canes, straps and long, whistling dressage horse-whips - and its time for the boys to turn the other cheek! It would be great to involve some feisty tennis or squash coaches and aerobics instructors in both the female and male casts of such productions. (There could be some problems with Actors Equity, not to mention workers-compensation insurance . . . )
In January 2001 I reorganised the website and gave it a new URL.
February 2004 - URLs updated.