Straight Talk is an American 1992 comedy film starring Dolly Parton and James Woods.
Parton stars as Shirlee Kenyon, a down-home country girl who through a series of mistakes is hired as a radio talk show host. Her show is wildly successful but her success is based on the lie that she is actually a clinical psychologist. She has to learn that giving advice and following it can be harder than she thought.
Shirlee starts off in the film as a dance ...
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Straight Talk is an American 1992 comedy film starring Dolly Parton and James Woods.
Parton stars as Shirlee Kenyon, a down-home country girl who through a series of mistakes is hired as a radio talk show host. Her show is wildly successful but her success is based on the lie that she is actually a clinical psychologist. She has to learn that giving advice and following it can be harder than she thought.
Shirlee starts off in the film as a dance instructor living in Arkansas. After she is fired for giving advice rather than teaching dance, she attempts to convince her boyfriend to move to Chicago with her. After he declines and then belittles her, she decides to move there herself.
Once she arrives, she is standing on a bridge enjoying the view of the city when she accidentally drops a twenty-dollar bill. As she climbs over the rail in an attempt to retrieve the money, Jack (played by James Woods) sees her from his office window. He is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. He thinks she...
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