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In this video I talk about the filmography of Dolly Parton: the kinds of roles she played, why she wanted to act, and how her persona fit in the landscape of 1980s American cinema.

More on Dolly:

Tressie McMillan Cottom's article: https://tressie.substack.com/p/the-do...
The United States of Dolly in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...
Is there anything we can agree on? Yes. Dolly Parton: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/ar...

Steel Magnolias is currently streaming on Netflix, along with Heartstrings and Christmas in the Square.

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