Talk:Coal Miner's Daughter

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[edit] Cleanup needed

Various problems are evident. First, there is considerable overlap with her life story that is not given explicit ties to the filmed version. In other words, while one obviously can't tell the story of a biographical film without telling something of the story of the subject's life, the first several lines of the article do not make reference to what of her life is (or isn't) shown in the film. Second, the later lines of the article become bogged down by excessive parentheticals; this tendency is one I notice easily because I share it. Third, very little is said to give an overall sense of the storyline of the film itself, and much of what is said is buried in the aforementioned parentheticals. Will add a cleanup tag momentarily.Lawikitejana 02:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

The big white field that preceeds the text looks HORRIBLE! Sissy Spacek's acting and singing is outstanding!!!! She is very talented but the script was really, really, bad. For example, Lynn is made to look so stupid its rediculous. They dont mention one word about Crystal Gayle but they do mention Patsy Kline but thats a minor thing compared to the degredation of Lynn and females in general. The above unsigned comment was added by Belgrade Glendenning.

The only way that things like "Lynn is made to look so stupid" can belong in the article is if there is published crticism of the film that can be cited that says so. Whether you or I think that is just our POV and others can disagree. As far as giving details of her life here, the comment is correct in that this article should be about the film and its version of her life. For a presumably objective overview of Lynn's life, the blue link to Loretta Lynn should suffice; it is not necessary to repeat details of her life not represented in the film in this article and in fact could be seen as not only unnecessary, but confusing. Rlquall 20:08, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Her husband in the movie said when she became pregnant, "We found something you are good at." This is patently offensive language.

[edit] Naming

Shouldn't this article be 'Coal Miner's Daughter (film)' since there is also the book on which it is based which is notable enough to have its own article at some point? Rlquall 20:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)