Dolly Parton: Here I Am

Seeing how planned out her career is and was and how driven she was is fascinating and shows what depth she has as a person. If you if are not a country music fan, you can't help but love her and you will love at least some of her songs.

I just watched the documentary on Dolly Parton and i thought I would rate it on IMDb and lo and behold I see that it has a 7.2 rating. Really? Anyone not rating this a 10 must be on crack! It's a documentary!!! And it was well done! I am from Detroit where we were brought up listening to KISS, Ted Nugent, MC5, and other hard rocking bands. I was never a country guy, and I am still not much of one. But Dolly Parton is a different kind of country, maybe because she is just so genuine and she has become an American icon, like apple pie and Chevrolet. With the shape of our country in these times, we really need more Dolly Partons! So glad Dolly has embraced us for close to 60 years. A wonderful documentary, THANK YOU Dolly for letting us see you with your hair down!

I recently became more informed about Dolly Parton's impressive career, both in her early years and in her more recent projects. While I was grateful to find out more about her, I was disappointed to find that there was no mention of her friendship with Kenny Rogers. This was a significant part of her life that was left out, and it is strange that it was not included.

Kenny Rogers has since passed away, so I'm even more puzzled as to why Dolly Parton would not mention her friendship with him. It is a mystery that I hope I can get to the bottom of one day. Although I may never know why Dolly Parton chose to not include her relationship with Kenny Rogers in her story, I will always remember the impact he had on her life and career.

Was it odd that Kenny Rogers and her movies with Burt Reynolds and Sylvester Stallone were left out? I learned a lot more about Dolly Parton in this.show. I loved her movie Coats of Many Colors.

Fills in a lot of gaps for an old rock and roll fan who's grown to respect her songwriting immensely over the years. Great mix of interviews, performances and clips. However, I was confused about the overuse of interviews with Linda Perry and Kylie Minogue. Granted, Perry collaborated with Dolly for one hit single in 2018, but from her time on-screen, you might think that she had produced Dolly for decades. I also can't find any connection between Minogue and Dolly in my research. What would have pushed my rating higher would have been to include the glaring omission of her musical collaborations with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. Their memories would have been much more revealing. The absence of her significant contributions to the movie Steel Magnolias is puzzling as well. She easily held her own in a movie that was bursting with talented actors. All in all, though, this one is worth a look.