Dolly Parton's '9 to 5' Remake About Second Jobs Branded as 'Bleak' and 'Orwellian'
Dolly Parton recently recorded a remake of her classic tune '9 to 5,' with the new version being [...]
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— Squarespace (@squarespace) February 2, 2021
"Dystopian as hell that a relatable worker's rights anthem got turned into an endorsement of squeezing out productivity out of every second of your life," one user tweeted. "This sucks and is so tone-deaf during a time of record unemployment and financial insecurity."
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— Mister Goodposts (@mistergoodposts) February 2, 2021
"We don't want your 'grind til you die' narrative," another person added. "This is abhorrent worship of a culture that forces it's workers into 60 hour weeks."
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— grogu’s momma (@scar__scar) February 2, 2021
"Squarespace usually does interesting work, but diddling 'hustle culture' with this abomination deserves a permanent time out," someone else offered. "Say it ain't so, Dolly.
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— stick 🧁 (@briggityboppity) February 2, 2021
"Extremely cool to see an anti-capitalist anthem become the soundtrack to a Squarespace advert and an almost-best-picture-winning film be revealed as the proof of concept for making the gig economy look like a grand old time," one other listener said.
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— Gareth Nicholas (@garethn) February 3, 2021
"This is horribly tone-deaf," a Twitter user tweeted at Squarespace. "Why the f— are you celebrating the fact people have to have second jobs and side hustles to survive?"
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— April Glick 🐺🗽 (@aprilglick) February 2, 2021
"This [s— is] dystopian," someone else stated. "Imagine glorifying needing a side hustle just to not starve when people could feed a family of four on a single job 70 years ago."
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— THE VEHICLE OWNER 🚩🏴☠️ (@Upsidedown_dog) February 2, 2021
"Working 12 hours a day is not aspirational. It's dismal," a final user wrote. "Regardless of what the supposed end state is meant to be."
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