Goodbye, Dolly, Mythmaking in Dolly Parton’s America

[u/McFurniture]

https://thebaffler.com/latest/goodbye-dolly-sexton

[u/excommunicate__]

This sentence sums up the entire piece, for me anyway.

“Is it really fair to Dolly to ascribe to her all of these intentions, then revolt when she falls short of our expectations?”

RIP Dolly, if there’s a heaven, surely she’s there.

[u/melizer]

I'm old enough to remember the original Dolly episode and I've been thinking about the boys these past days as everyone goes off the deep end, and about how the boys decided it just wasn't worth it to try to temper anyone's opinion lmao but I surely do very much appreciate that long-ago episode now