This is one of those musicals that I somehow always forget about when it comes time to talk about great musicals. I don't know why but I consistently underrate it.Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd (Burt Reynolds) is perfectly content with the lazy pace of his small Texas town until a big-shot TV muckraker (Dom DeLuise) does a series of exposes on the town brothel, affectionately known as the Chicken Ranch, run by Miss Mona (Dolly Parton). Sheriff Dodd and Miss Mona have a long-standing arrangement that is now also threatened by the wider exposure of the Chicken Ranch and both are forced to confront deep-seated assumptions they hold about the other.
There is so much singing and dancing. And a lot of Texas stereotypes. Current boyfriend, Tyler, is from Texas and hates musicals so he was in a special place in hell the entire run time. That being said, this is a really fun musical and deserves to be seen more.
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