Dolly Parton is a true American icon. For her 75th birthday, Be Reel revisits the country superstar and EGOT nominee’s three most significant film roles in “9 to 5” (1980), “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” (1982), and “Steel Magnolias” (1989).
LISTEN: The Breakthrough Directors of 2020 In each, Parton embodies a heightened yet traditional definition of America: she’s outspoken, loyal, gun-toting, capitalist to the core, but with an underdog spirit and a sense of freewheeling entrepreneurship.
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