ABSTRACT
Fabulously wealthy star of many media, hit of Hollywood and Dollywood, Dolly Parton possesses a truly impossible body, multiply modified over the years. Her persona is more consistent if contradictory, a mishmash of honesty and rehearsal, assertiveness and reserve. Movies are key to her image, because Dolly exceeds her films and always plays a version of herself. 2 Usually seen on television or video, they constitute an easy introduction to, and accessible reminders of, the diminutive (five foot two inch) but expansive (in several senses: “double D,” outspoken, generous) celebrity.
