Facing the Laughter Minnie Pearl (2023)

She was a dichotomy Sarah was educated serious intelligent articulate ambitious and untraditional in many ways Minnie was uncomplicated direct playful and quite traditional A young girl hailing from a small Tennessee town with big dreams of being a Shakespearian actress on the world stage was more like a delusion in the 1930s But she did make it on the world stage with her recognizable costume and same opening line that never grew tiresome The legacy she left was one of compassion empowerment and innovation But mostly she made us laugh This is her story simple yet complicated A permanent fixture in country music yet music was clearly not her gift