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Bad production choices


There are a few things that just failed for me in the movie. One was the depth of acting from anyone in the restaurant - both the crew and the customers. I've never seen such plain events taking place. There wasn't the ambient room noise of a restaurant, the interruption of customers for more napkins, the wails of some bawling kid over their happy meal toy, and certainly not the sense of urgency needed to work in a fast food chain. It was like the set of a room in a soap opera where everything is surreal and pristine and un-lived-in.

I also wasn't convinced by Dreama Walker's performance on why she would be complying or how she was feeling. I heard in interviews how Becky (Louise, IRL) just felt numb and like she wasn't in her body but I recall when Becky was being told to bend over to be spanked that Dreama's look was more like she was bored and kinda rolled her eyes before she stood up and complied. I have to wonder if some footage was cut that would have been better had it been left in because I think if she had been distraught with tears at some point after the strip search then just went blank with surrender after that then it would have been more convincing.

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