Movie
1982
Tootsie is a 1982 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal and a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, and Charles Durning. In the film, Michael Dorsey (Hoffman), a talented actor with a reputation for being professionally difficult, runs into romantic trouble after adopting…
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It is one of Sydney Pollack's masterpieces. The film is also a masterpiece, and of course, it was listed by the Library of Congress as a cultural object for permanent preservation in 1998 (a "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" film). It was like that back then, but even by today's standards, a lot of big stars appeared. I've played Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray, Teri Garr, Dabney Co…More
In our “woke” times many sensitive souls might misinterpret someone making fun of gender stereotypes as sexism or transphobia. If such notions take hold, that might deprive us of many good or even classic comedies of the past. One of the films that might be threatened in that way is *Tootsie*, 1982 comedy directed by Sydney Pollack. Protagonist, played by Dustin Hoffman, is Michael Dorsey, New York stage actor who i…More
