@frankyskite it's so beautiful and rare to have such a strong passion for something that you want to do it for your entire lifetime! which is why her connection to performing feels almost magical in a way
my grief over dolly and tim curry is absolutely parasocial but you can't understate the impact that both of those people had for queer people, for women, for people who have always had "weird" interests and big personalities, they were icons for anyone strange
I've always noticed in interviews with Dolly, when the interviewer takes a turn, she will always hold a mirror up to them and force them to be kind to her. She shows them SHE can make little jokes about herself, but they may not. I've never seen anyone do it quite as well