Parton remd her gay fans precisely why she's such a lastg in - performg special versn of 'Jolene'.
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DOLLY PARTON PERFORMS SPECIAL VERSN OF 'JOLENE' FOR 'MY GAY FANS'
"Jolene for Gay People" by Natalie Fedak. A gay anthem, ed.
Parton's nnectns to the LGBTQAI+ muny may n even eper, as her inic h "Jolene" may actually be filled wh homoerotic unrton, acrdg to Nade Hubbs, the director of the Lbian-Gay-Queer Rearch Iniative and a profsor of women's studi and mic at the Universy of Michigan. To get technil -- and untry -- for a quick send, all starts by analyzg the trope of 'the other woman' song untry mic, acrdg to Hubb's 2015 paper, "'Jolene, ' Genre, and the Everyday Homoerotics of Country Mic: Dolly Parton's Lovg Addrs of the Other Woman.
While Dolly nied the tentn of homoerotic unrton "Jolene, " tellg host Jad Abumrad he's "overthkg , " she said she uld see why the song uld be terpreted this manner. Parton, on ocsn, has leaned to the implied nnectn, sgg a versn of the song for her "Gay crowd" on Seth Meyers, swappg the tular "Jolene" for "Drag Queen, " and further cementg her stat as a te pop in. Not that she ever went anywhere, but untry mic in Dolly Parton is enjoyg a b of a renaissance at the 73-year-old is not only the foc of h podst seri, but she's on the promotnal trail for her new Netflix seri, Dolly Parton's Heartstrgs - a dramatic anthology chroniclg the stori behd some of her biggt an appearance on Late Night wh Seth Meyers this week, Parton remd her gay fans precisely why she's such a lastg in - performg special versn of 'Jolene' by Meyers about the spiratn behd 'Jolene', the sger explaed that the song's namake was a bank teller she was jealo of after gettg then mentned that his son was a big fan of the Grammy-wng track.