People
It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.
— Dolly Parton
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Cheap becomes a choice, and an expensive one at that. Dolly takes a word meant to put someone down and makes it part of the fun. The joke leaves her firmly in charge of how she looks.
- Ginny Dougary — interview and profile of Dolly PartonByline dated 2 November 2002; paragraph describing a favourite Dolly sayingReference checked
Context reviewed