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Its sad. . (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 63 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Twenty hours in and it's up to me to remind people that Dolly Parton is the full package?

  • She's got tunes, OK 'I Will Always Love You' is a bit cloying but the rumour is that she also wrote Jolene the same day
  • She supports other women. When porn star Julia Parton was around and telling people that she was Dolly's cousin, Dolly's public response was something like, 'She ain't my cousin but I can't condemn what she does... it's not like I ever tried to hide my breasts. Good luck to her.'
  • She produced Buffy The Vampire Slayer through her production company Sanddollar. She kept a low profile publicly but behind the scenes was very supportive of the show because it provided good role models for young women.
  • She funds the Dolly Parton Imagination library which mails free books to kids under five.
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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Dolly Parton is a rich theme park owner who has abused her employees and she pals around with mass murderers like George W. Bush.

    At a certain point she had credibility. She came from a poor Appalachian background and made music reflecting that. After a certain point though, after decades in the industry, she completely flipped. Her 9 to 5 song used to be a genuine anthem for struggling working class people, then she flipped it a few years ago as "5 to 9" for a Sqaurespace commercial, glorifying the idea of working a second job after your main one.

    She's the exact problem of modern country music. It's made and financed by people too rich to be connected to humanity anymore.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I'm going to need a reference on that staff abuse allegation, I've tried Googling but haven't turned up anything.

    I don't have a tv so I didn't catch the Squarespace commercial, don't know if it even played in the UK.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    She also had an awesome cameo in The Orville.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    True, the only thing I remotely have an issue with is her southern revisionism restaurants.

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