From Sequins to Statecraft: How Dollywood Became the World’s Most Absurd Soft-Power Superpower
Dollywood, Tennessee – Population: the planet, apparently. While the Smoky Mountains hum with banjos and the scent of funnel cake, the rest of us are left to wonder how a theme park carved out of Dolly Parton’s eyelash extensions became a geopolitical litmus test. From Berlin to Beijing, the name “Dollywood” now pings across algorithms…