The Cult of Dolly Parton

"There is a tide that you have to catch," she says. "Most people in a short career can catch a tide once." Dolly Parton has cycled through pop culture a million different times, the writer adds. The cult fandom self perpetuates and it's like, is there even a leader? Do you even need one?"

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