This review is posted with the permission of David
Pierson and The Spanking Video Review Page at www.spreview.net
David Pierson and Suzi Martell: An
intimate Conversation
Biography by Steven English of Strictly English Productions.
Suzi, known in the scene as Suzanne Martell, or more usually, just
'Suzanne', first appeared in videos at the tender age of 18, when she landed a
part in a full length British soft-core movie entitled 'The Riding Ravers'.
Although aimed at the UK soft-core cinema, the movie unusually included a few
mild-spanking scenes. One of the guys in the movie had appeared in CP videos,
and he offered to introduce Suzanne. Unbeknownst to him, spanking was in fact
Suzanne’s favorite sexual fantasy so the prospect of getting paid to be
spanked on video was irresistible.
When I first saw Suzanne perform, the thing that struck me most was that
she possessed a quality of innocence, and this is never more evident than when
she sheds her clothing. She has a way of just being naked that seems so very
natural and innocent that is uniquely her own. Couple this quality with her
fantastic figure, pert spankable bottom, stunning looks and cheeky, naughty
personality and you have a unique talent, even before CP comes into the
equation. Her first 'proper' CP video was 'Diary of Discipline' which had
Suzanne talking direct to camera to introduce 3 short stories from her 'Diary'.
In one of these she was supposed to be tied to a tree in the woods, stripped
naked, spanked and caned, and then left there exposed to the gaze of some
passers by that were walking their dog. During the shooting of this on location
on a cold day in March, they really were interrupted by some passers by, and the
crew really did leave her stranded naked tied to the tree while these people
came within yards of the naked Suzanne. They pretended that they had seen
nothing but Suzi is quite sure they saw her there. She was furious at the time
but tells the story with great relish now, obviously turned on by the thought of
it. Her next video was called 'The Master'. This was withdrawn shortly after its
initial release and is therefore quite rare and very difficult to find a good
print of. In it Suzanne was shown arriving at a house to be subjected to the
whims of her 'Master' in his well-equipped playroom, while his friend observes.
While there is hardly any plot and very little dialogue, the action is severe
and what really stood out was the way Suzanne could not hide her obvious
enjoyment, despite the fact that the effect that the producers probably intended
was quite the opposite. It made riveting viewing and this alone put Suzanne
virtually in a class of her own after only 2 videos. There were other girls who
could handle the action just as well but none of them so obviously enjoyed it.
Suzanne admits that the hardest part of the videos for her was to avoid reaching
a climax, or when that failed, trying to hide it. Suzi went on to make several
more for the same people, the best of which is probably 'Conduct Unbecoming'.
This video ends with a caning which is faded to an exterior shot of the caning
seen at dusk through a set of patio doors. The actual caning went on far longer
and maybe one day we can persuade the producers to release a version with the
additional footage, but Suzi is not sure if they still had the cameras running
at this point. Suzanne featured in a number of videos for SFP, Kane and Red
Stripe before joining the newly formed ‘Strictly English’ label, making her
debut for them in 'Relative Temptations'. This title helped establish 'Strictly
English' as one of the most innovative new CP labels in the UK. Suzanne had
always wanted to write and direct her own video and she got the chance to do
this in ‘Living Doll’. Since then, Suzanne has been a key member of the
Strictly English creative team, both in her own right and as co-writer and
co-director, she is involved in all Strictly English productions. Most notably
she originated the ongoing 'Birchington Manor' saga which first appeared last
year.. Suzanne based the idea for this around a location she had found. As
executive producer, co-writer, and co-director (not to mention a fair chunk of
the camera work), Suzi did not want to actually appear in this production,
despite being urged to by the rest of the team. She relented in order not to
have to put another girl through the severe birching that she had scripted for
the final scene, electing instead to take this herself. Her obvious concern for
the girls on the shoots is well known. Whether it’s taking camera for nude
scenes or checking that the other girls are OK with the action required, her
involvement is a constant source of reassurance to the other girls. On a recent
shoot (soon to be released as 'Royal Flush') with Becky Jordan, Suzanne called
'cut' because she was worried that Becky was being caned too hard. Becky assured
her she was OK and it was just brilliant acting, but it took some time for Becky
to convince her before Suzi would allow the shoot to continue. Most recently
Suzi volunteered her services for free to appear in a photo-shoot with Rosaleen
Young to help Rosalyn get her new website started. Suzanne inherited her
striking good looks from her Italian mother and her statuesque athletic build
from her English father. She is the youngest of 4 sisters, all of whom have
appeared in CP videos with her.
David Pierson Talks With Suzi
David: Suzi, thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me
about your career and experiences.
Suzi: You are welcome. It’s my pleasure.
David: In your videos you appear to really enjoy spanking, is that
correct and if so, what are your feelings when you are being spanked or caned?
Suzi: I’ve always liked the idea of being spanked and caned, but
while it’s actually happening it still hurts and I really feel it. I’ve
noticed that it seems to hurt more now than when I first started and I actually
mark up more than I used to
.
David: OK, I accept that it hurts but you do appear to be enjoying
it while it is actually happening, so do you actually enjoy the pain?
Suzi: It depends. A slow sensual spanking or the martinet can be
very erotic and I would lie there all day and half of the night just feeling
nice and warm and tingly, but most of the time the spanking is much harder and
the cane always really hurts, and I often struggle to get away from it, but of
course I never do.
David: So are you saying you only enjoy sensual spanking, or are
there times when even a hard spanking or the cane will ‘turn you on’?
Suzi: Well for me it works like this. When I know I’m going to
get a big spanking or the cane hard, I get nervous and excited at the same time.
I sometimes talk to myself in the mirror beforehand and say, ’You naughty
girl, your going to have your bottom spanked’, so I get myself really psyched
up for it. By the time I am told to bend over, or being put over someone’s
lap, I am getting all sorts of feelings in my tum and my adrenaline starts to
buzz. Everything about it feels so ‘naughty’ - like having my bottom bared
and knowing its going to be smacked, I sort of just tingle all over, but mostly
in my head. When the spanking actually starts you start to get a rush of
adrenaline and the blood also rushes to your bottom and all that area. That’s
when it starts to make my pinkie tingle, I don’t mean my little finger, I mean
my ‘pinkie’, (we gather that this is Suzi’s pet name for her genitalia)
anyway, then it starts to build up and I want to have more even though it hurts
more, but of course on a video shoot it does not always work that way.
David: Did it work that way in ‘Living Doll’? I loved that
video.
Suzi: ‘Living Doll’, (giggles), yes you could say that.
David: You laughed when you said that, do I take that to mean that
you were turned on making that video? It certainly looked like you were turned
on.
Suzi: It was embarrassing, I thought I was going to wet myself and
when it got too much I just had to call cut and go to the loo. One of my
girlfriends told me that she likes to watch it and come at the same times I did.
I was shocked as I had not realized that anyone could tell that I climaxed. I
thought I had done a good job of hiding it and in any case, the editor was
supposed to cut those bits out.
David: Why did you want to cut out the climaxes? Surely it would
only add to the appeal of the video?
Suzi: Oh I didn’t want to cut them out, but they were not
planned, they just happened. When I wrote ‘Living Doll’ it was a projection
of my fantasies, but on the actual shoot things just happened that we hadn’t
scripted, it took on a life of it’s own and most of the time we forgot that
the crew and cameras were there. Anyway, the producer said that we could not
show any penetration, I don’t mean screwing, we don’t do that in our vids, I
mean fingers, sometimes I can’t help it and I just have to touch myself. I get
told off because they have to cut round it if it counts as ‘penetration’,
but they obviously did not cut enough, (loud laugh)
.
David: I’m surprised that they have to cut that, the trend in the
US is for more sex in CP videos.
Suzi: Yes, I think it’s a UK thing. Maybe we should make them in
the USA.
David: I know that we’d be happy to have you. ( Both laugh) You
say that not all of Living Doll was according to script. May I ask if you
scripted the parts where you get it on places other than your bottom? Ah… You
know what I mean?
Suzi: You mean my ‘pinkie’ (giggles). Well Sharon ,the girl I
play in Living Doll, is a very naughty and very rude girl and Wayne, her fella,
knows this. He knows that she is so rude that she likes to be spanked on her
‘pinkie’ and her bottom hole, don’t you think that is really rude?
David: OK.. I’ll take that as a yes. ( laugh) So what parts were
not scripted?
Suzi: When I climaxed and then got told off for playing with
myself. I don’t think that was fair, I couldn’t help it but they kept on
telling me off every time.
David: How many times was that?
Suzi: I’ve never actually counted. I think it was only 3 times
that you can actually tell from the video, but it may have been more.
David: Leaving aside the videos for a moment, I’d like to ask you
about your experiences before you started making CP videos. First of all, when
were you first aware that you liked to be spanked?
Suzi: Before I answer can I just say that with regard to early
experiences, you never know who will read this and why they want to read about
it, so now I have rule that, for public consumption, my life starts at the age
of 18. I hope that’s OK.
David: Of course ,I respect that and I understand why you want to
keep it that way. Let me rephrase the question. So from the age of 18 on up,
what were your feelings and experiences with regard to spanking?
Suzi: Well I knew that I had a fascination with spanking, with
being spanked that is. It was not actually that easy to get spanked. I spanked
myself sometimes, looking in a mirror. I tried to cane myself too but it
wouldn’t work, so I used a ruler, a hairbrush, a slipper, anything to
experience the sensation of having my bottom punished and feeling like a really
naughty girl.
David: So how did you find someone to spank you? Did you find
someone to spank you?
Suzi: I tried to get one of my boyfriends to do it. I lay across
his lap and told him to spank me. Then I reached back and took his hand and
smacked it on my bottom, but he said he did not want to hurt me. I told him that
anal sex hurts and that had never worried him before.
David: So did you manage to get him to spank you?
Suzi: No, he just thought I was kinky. After that experience I
started to drop more subtle hints.
David: Like what?
Suzi: I bought a cane and one of those straw school hats and hung
them up on the wall of my flat.
David: That’s meant to be subtle? Did it work?
Suzi: Not with my boyfriends, I mean they might ask about the cane
and I would get it down and show them what it was for, but none of them were
really up for it more than once, but I did get spanked by a policeman.
David: How did that happen?
Suzi: Well, lets just say that I had a friend who just happened to
be a policeman and when he came to my flat one day he saw the cane and asked me
about it. One thing led to another and I let him spank me. That’s all that
happened, no sex or relationship. From time to time he would just drop round and
we would chat and have a cup of coffee and then I would say something like
“I’ve been a really naughty girl again.’ and he would say that I deserved
to have my bottom spanked and then he would put me over his knee, lift up my
skirt, take my panties down and give me a spanking. I think he just understood
that I needed it, and in any case I really was a very naughty girl, not
‘bad’ naughty, just mischievous naughty, and ‘rude’ naughty. I like to
feel like a really naughty girl, but guys my own age never seemed to understand.
That’s why I prefer older men.
David: So was this just spanking or did your cane get used.
Suzi: Well he was a really nice guy, you know, and he just spanked
me, I don’t think he wanted to use the cane. They were proper spankings
though. Each time after he had gone I would examine my bottom in the mirror
while it was still red, and then sometimes I would try to cane myself. I still
always look at my marks in the mirror, sometimes for days after a caning. I
suppose I look at my bottom every day, to see what marks I still have. If I
haven’t got any marks I know I need to be caned again. You see for me, as much
as I enjoy making the videos, and the punishments are all authentic, what I
really like is getting it for real.
David: And how would you define ‘real’ in this context?
Suzi: Well in a sense its all for real, but in my head I put
videos, parties, private play and acting out fantasies on one side of a dividing
line, the other side of which is the ‘real’, real thing, the ultimate, being
disciplined for real. Having my bottom punished because I have really been a
naughty girl and I have no choice in the matter. It’s taken out of my control
and no matter what I say or do, I’m going to get it.
David: So real for you is non-consensual CP?
Suzi: Yes and no. Obviously, I am not going to put myself in a
situation of having little or no control over the situation unless I have a high
degree of trust in the person who I am about to try and provoke into punishing
me ‘for real’, and this person will almost certainly understand this. But in
my ultimate fantasies, I have no control, come hell or high water I am going to
get my ‘big spanking’ and then be caned. After the cane I will be made to
stand in the corner with my bare bottom on display and then finally I will be
spanked again on my poor sore caned bottom and my pinkie, preferably in public
in front of a live audience while being broadcast on national TV. In the olden
days they used to put wenches into stocks in the village square. Instead of
having rotten fruit thrown at me in the stocks I would have liked to have been
facing the other way and whipped with a birch switch on my bare bottom.
David: Wow! Now that’s a program that I’d watch. That would be one
hell of a TV show. It does not get much better than that and so I’d like to
say ‘thank you’ for your time, Suzanne, and for sharing your feelings about
CP with us.
Suzi: Your welcome David but do you mind if I tell you just one
more thing?
David: Certainly.
Suzi: David, David! I’ve been a really naughty girl. (Laugh)
Videography
Victoria Productions
Riding Ravers
SFP
Diary of Discipline
The Master
Let’s beat this Bimbo (also features Suzi's sister #1)
Conduct Unbecoming
Debutantes Discipline
Preliminary Interview
The Reformatory
Kane International
Triple Trouble (also features Suzi's sister #2)
Hotel Derriere Red Stripe
Because I care
Strictly English
Relative Temptations
*First Time
*Hot and Sultry
The Gymnast (courtesy of SMAK productions)
***Living Doll
*Asking for it
Bare Bottom Punishment
**Birchington Manor
**Unexpected Guests at Birchington Manor
**Bathtime and Bedtime at Birchington Manor
**Day of Reckoning at Birchington Manor (for release later this year)
*Royal Flush (new release May 2003)
* = Co-writer and co-director
** = Executive producer, co-writer, co-director.
***= Co-producer, writer, director.