RIP Dolly Parton

I was saddened to hear that Dolly Parton passed away. Country fans will have their particular memories of her. Here, I will reprise my post “Dolly the Vampire Slayer.”

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Or this could be called “Slay Belle.” So this is the convergence between Dolly Parton, country music star, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Dolly Parton rocketed to fame with her hit song “9 to 5,” which was the centerpiece of the 1980 movie of the same name. She became famous not only as a country singer, but as a symbol of what nowadays is called female empowerment.

Then there is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is the TV series that jumpstarted the subgenre knows as urban fantasy. Were there some urban fantasy novels before Buffy? Sure. But it was the Buffy series that made urban fantasy an overwhelming subgenre in novels, movies, and TV shows.

So how did that happen? It turns out Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer of the original movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That’s right. And Dolly’s company financed the TV series. It was Dolly Parton behind it all the time! 

photo by Eva Rinaldi

But what if Dolly hadn’t done that? See my post What if Buffy had Never Been? 

Two Movie Posters and Your Name

I was told by the ticket taker I should wait twenty minutes for the movie I was going to see. It turned out to be late by thirty-five minutes.

In the meanwhile, I took a picture of the poster for Super Troopers 3.

I’m sure that is exactly what the movie will look like. And maybe I should have had the flash on.

The I took one for Runner.

That looks more interesting. I mean the poster, not my face.

So the movie I saw was Your Name.

This was the tenth anniversary showing. See my review here.