Adrianna TanJul 13, 2023
I want to go back to the late 90s and tell everyone that Fran Drescher and Dolly Parton are going to be more important in 30 years than you expect
Show threadJust JJul 14, 2023

@skinnylatte @SekhmetMedusa Please note that Mx Drescher is (or at least, was as recently as late February this year) also a frothing anti-vaxxer, and was just as willing to have SAG-AFTRA strike over COVID mandates in the industry and publicly blamed COVID on 5G but was also perfectly willing to paint her opponent for the SAG-AFTRA presidency as anti-vax when it was convenient (along with other muck-slinging).

OTOH, if anyone has anything critical about Dolly Parton, I have yet to hear it, and would really like to continue believing that she is a treasure.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sag-aftra-fran-drescher-disney-ending-vaccine-mandates-1235256787/

https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/modine-vs-drescher-the-sag-aftra-election-takes-an-ugly-turn/

https://deadline.com/2023/02/fran-drescher-sag-awards-speech-hollywood-pressure-states-vax-mandate-end-1235272504/

SAG-AFTRA's Fran Drescher on Disney Ending Vaccine Mandates: "Way to Go Mickey!"

"To think that every human on the planet can take one vaccine is ludicrous," the actor and union leader tweeted on Saturday.

The Hollywood Reporter
Show threadSekhmetMedusa🧿Jul 14, 2023
@JDzed Yikes! I had no idea about Fran Drescher! That's a bummer. Dolly gave money to help develop the Moderna vaccine. She's a national treasure.
Show threadJust J

@SekhmetMedusa Yeah, I was disappointed to learn that about Mx Drescher today after seeing the strike news. =[

Dolly's an international treasure, and not only for her early and critical funding of the Moderna vaccine. Her long-term efforts to increase literacy have had a HUGE impact across the planet, and she's enabled SO MUCH to alleviating poverty and other scourges of her native eastern Tennesee.

And weirdly, Sandollar Productions (which she co-owned), was part of getting Buffy the Vampire Slayer made for (TV and continued).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton#Philanthropy

Dolly Parton - Wikipedia

Jul 14, 2023 at 1:22pmWeb
Show threadJust JJul 14, 2023

@SekhmetMedusa Also, she copped death threats for writing and performing the lead song for the 2005 movie Transamerica, because the lead character of said film is a trans woman.

Despite that, and being openly a deeply Christian woman born dirt poor in the 1940s, she is still a firm supporter of LGBTIAQ+ rights, including marriage!

If only that attitude was more common among her compatriots. =[