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. However, followg the first le of the chos, Parton said, “This is for my gay crowd, ” and sang, “Drag queen, drag queen, drag queen, drag queen… please don’t take him jt bee you n. ”Fans on Twter were quick to pot out that the star often performs her 'drag queen' versn of the track at ncerts, dited, as always, to her gay fans.