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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 264635" data-attributes="member: 23">I&#039;ve never seen a Dolly Parton film, appearance or live show in which I haven&#039;t found her charismatic, engaging and likeable. In fact off the back of this thread I&#039;ve mentally added some Dolly films to my viewing/rewatching bucket list.While I said this a while ago in another thread, it bears repeating here (and I still stand by it): I could easily imagine Dolly playing Valene on early Dallas... if you can put Knots Landing&nbsp; and Joan Van Ark and all the later Val stuff out of your mind. Dolly could have been ideal casting for the hash slinging flawed mother with the heart of gold whom JR and Jock view as too downmarket to be a Ewing (but who JR no doubt secretly lusts after) in those early appearances. And physically I&#039;d easily buy her as Charlene Tilton&#039;s mother (even though she&#039;s only twelve years older).If not, then perhaps Garnett McGee. At least the great enthusiasm over her singing voice would have made more sense.It&#039;s a while since I&#039;ve watched, but I think Evita is a well-made, gorgeous-looking film.It&#039;s also probably Madonna&#039;s best celluloid performance because there&#039;s almost no spoken dialogue, so there&#039;s no sense of her trying to &quot;act&quot; (which, yes, can come across as slightly awkward. Or downright cringeworthy if we&#039;re talking about her trying to be adorably goofy in Who&#039;s That Girl?). It&#039;s essentially an extended music video, which is an area in which she&#039;s comfortable.She&#039;s in good voice, thanks to the extensive vocal training she had for the role, and she&#039;s playing a character whose traits and story have many similarities with her own. All of which help, I think.I suppose it might come down to whether you dislike Madonna more than you like Alan Parker.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 264635, member: 23"] I've never seen a Dolly Parton film, appearance or live show in which I haven't found her charismatic, engaging and likeable. In fact off the back of this thread I've mentally added some Dolly films to my viewing/rewatching bucket list. While I said this a while ago in another thread, it bears repeating here (and I still stand by it): I could easily imagine Dolly playing Valene on early [I]Dallas... [/I]if you can put [I]Knots Landing[/I] and Joan Van Ark and all the later Val stuff out of your mind. Dolly could have been ideal casting for the hash slinging flawed mother with the heart of gold whom JR and Jock view as too downmarket to be a Ewing (but who JR no doubt secretly lusts after) in those early appearances. And physically I'd easily buy her as Charlene Tilton's mother (even though she's only twelve years older). If not, then perhaps Garnett McGee. At least the great enthusiasm over her singing voice would have made more sense. It's a while since I've watched, but I think [I]Evita[/I] is a well-made, gorgeous-looking film. It's also probably Madonna's best celluloid performance because there's almost no spoken dialogue, so there's no sense of her trying to "act" (which, yes, can come across as slightly awkward. Or downright cringeworthy if we're talking about her trying to be adorably goofy in [I]Who's That Girl?[/I]). It's essentially an extended music video, which is an area in which she's comfortable. She's in good voice, thanks to the extensive vocal training she had for the role, and she's playing a character whose traits and story have many similarities with her own. All of which help, I think. I suppose it might come down to whether you dislike Madonna more than you like Alan Parker. [/QUOTE]

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