Oh Dolly

As I was reading “Diamond in a Rhinestone World” by Allison Glock I learned a good amount of information about Ms. Dolly Parton.  I can say I’ve heard Dolly Parton here and there, but do not listen to her regularly.  A thing that I learned about her and really stood out to me as I read more is that there was never a time where she wasn’t herself. 

            Dolly Parton grew up in Tennessee as a Southern Appalachian girl and let that build her to what she was in everyday life.  The start of her professional career began as an actor where people found to love Dolly.  People didn’t adore her just because she was a big boob blonde haired girl, it was the way Dolly carried herself in and out of her career.  I thought that even through criticism, Dolly handled herself well saying “I don’t mind being called a dumb blonde.” I also found great about what the author wrote, she said that Jack Nicholson was always Jack, and compared Dolly to Jack, saying “Dolly was always Dolly”

             Through Dolly sticking to Dolly and having a persona that was known from her because the way she carried her, she also was a great family women.  She cared for her long time husband and loved to go home at the end of the day to soak up the family time.  I think that is a huge part of knowing your career to your life.  You have to have time for your loved ones and not have your job control you.

I was intrigued to learn, once again, about someone I don’t really know too much about.  I’ve been enjoying the readings.  Dolly reminds me of many girls we have read about but also stands out like it says in the article.  She had a way of going about her life and everyone knew it whether a die-hard fan or a person who heard about her through the grapevine.