Dolly Parton

[Martini Girl]

Feb 13, 2019 21:40:44 GMT -4 prisma said:

I think another think that distinguishes Dolly is her overwhelming gratitude for her success and her fans. She grew up super poor--I think having shoes was a luxury. Her dad couldn't read. She's not embarrassed of her roots and she's stayed so, so connected to them. She just oozes gratitude. I think with that level of fame and adulation it's easy to feel entitled and live in a bubble of specialness. She's just so genuine.

I really need to watch 9 to 5 again sometime soon. That was a great movie back in the day--I'd like to see how well it holds up to time.

It was on TCM over the weekend. I think it holds up fine.


Dolly had me at 'You'd be surprised at how much it costs to look this cheap". She was in on the joke; grateful for her success, and she oozes charm and charisma with every breath, and seems like someone you could have dinner with and laugh until you cried.

[gremlin45]

Feb 13, 2019 21:40:44 GMT -4 prisma said:

I think another think that distinguishes Dolly is her overwhelming gratitude for her success and her fans. She grew up super poor--I think having shoes was a luxury. Her dad couldn't read. She's not embarrassed of her roots and she's stayed so, so connected to them. She just oozes gratitude. I think with that level of fame and adulation it's easy to feel entitled and live in a bubble of specialness. She's just so genuine.

I really need to watch 9 to 5 again sometime soon. That was a great movie back in the day--I'd like to see how well it holds up to time.

I watched 9 to 5 a few months ago. It's a funny film and I really enjoy it. The scenes of the three of them stealing the wrong dead body and then squabbling about it never fails to cheer me up.

[Ladybug]

I think there's a sequel/reboot of 9 to 5 in the works, and all three of the original ladies are involved. I can't remember if I read that or dreamed it, LOL I'm getting old.

Dolly has donated 100 million books to kids. She's an angel and a saint.

Parton is the founder of Imagination Library, a nonprofit that started out donating books in Sevier County, Tenn., and grew into a million-book-a-month operation. Families who sign up receive a book per month from birth to kindergarten. The singer donated her organization’s 100 millionth book to the nation’s library on Tuesday.

“I never thought about being ‘the book lady,’ ” she joked during the event. “The painted lady, yes, the overexaggerated lady. That goes to show you can’t judge a book by its cover.”

One person who got a particular kick out of Parton’s part-time gig as a librarian? Her dad.

“He took so much pride that little kids called me the book lady,” Parton said. Robert Lee Parton Sr., who died in 2000, never attended school and couldn’t read or write, Parton explained. She didn’t grow up with any books in her childhood Tennessee home, save for the Bible. The Imagination Library, started in 1995, was a way for the singer to honor her father.

“I wanted to do something special for him,” she said. “In the Bible, it talks about honoring your father and mother.”

Such a beautiful way to honor her father and help others. She's pure light.

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Dolly is THE BEST of the best.

[Martini Girl]

Feb 15, 2019 10:47:48 GMT -4 @mulva said:

Dolly is THE BEST of the best.

This board is NOT allowed to ruin our crush under any circumstances. It would kill me to learn she's anything but sunshine and light.

[believeland]

My 2.5 year old loves getting a book each month from "Dolly Pardon." The books the foundation selects are varied and inclusive - it's such an incredible program!

My favorite Dolly role is Truvy in Steel Magnolias. She delivered such great one-liners!

[Auroranorth]

Feb 16, 2019 23:09:37 GMT -4 believeland said:

My 2.5 year old loves getting a book each month from "Dolly Pardon." The books the foundation selects are varied and inclusive - it's such an incredible program!

My favorite Dolly role is Truvy in Steel Magnolias. She delivered such great one-liners!

I think Dolly was perfect for Truvy. Remember the line, "There is no such thing as natural beauty?" That's pure Dolly. Truvy loved her makeup, she loved her friends, she got up each day and went out there and made people happy.

[putch]

Feb 16, 2019 22:08:11 GMT -4 Martini Girl said:

This board is NOT allowed to ruin our crush under any circumstances. It would kill me to learn she's anything but sunshine and light.

Even unicorns have a hard time believing Dolly is real.

[mrspickles]

Feb 17, 2019 9:39:36 GMT -4 putch said:

Feb 16, 2019 22:08:11 GMT -4 Martini Girl said:

This board is NOT allowed to ruin our crush under any circumstances. It would kill me to learn she's anything but sunshine and light.

Even unicorns have a hard time believing Dolly is real.

Dolly is the kind of person I want to be when I grow up.

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Sky usaully all Brexit News has Dolly on being all sense and goodness and sunshine, her 9 to 5 musical is starting in West End London which I’d love to see.
She’s a joy.
The interviewer was totally starstuck.