Dolly Parton has been in the news a lot recently. In October,
the State Department granted her the 2024 PEACE Through Music Award. Then in
November, she was #1 in Billboard’s 100 Greatest County Artists of All Time.
This gives me enough reason to reprise my 2020 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? to see how life as we know it would be different. Meanwhile, you can see every season opening for Buffy below, including the musical episode.
Then you’ll definitely want to see my post Buffy the Vinyl Slayer.
