The only truly unforgivable things about it are those two Stephen Bishop songs accompanying borderline hackneyed montages. Michael subsequently gets the part Sandy auditioned for, disguised as a woman. Things work out differently. That Dustin Hoffman has in recent years been accused of behavior that resembles that of derriere-patting Ron is curious, to say the least.
Michael and Sandy, friends going back years, wind up sleeping together by accident. At which point Sandy comes out of the shower. Afterwards, Sandy seems pretty sensible about it. As Dorothy, Michael injects into his audition his own sensibilities, which lands him the short term role. As Michael progresses in the role, only George and Jeff know Dorothy's true identity.
As Dorothy, Michael continues to play the role as he himself would, often ad libbing. He detests his director, Ron Carlisle, for the way he treats him and women in general much the way Michael treated women himself , including Ron's girlfriend, lead Southwest General actress Julie Nichols.
Dorothy treats Julie with care and respect, and begins to fall in love with her. Michael has to find a way to let Julie know his feelings as a man without ruining their friendship.
Worse problems arise for Michael when Dorothy's no-exit clause contract on Southwest General is extended, meaning Michael may have to pretend to be Dorothy for much longer than he was originally intending. Sign In. Edit Tootsie Jump to: Summaries 5 Synopsis 1. Come to the party. I have to come as Dorothy? I mean it. If Sandy and Julie fail to assert themselves, Sandy will end up back in San Diego as a waitress, and Julie will be doomed to suffer the abuse of selfish men.
Although Michael has the potential to be a better man than he is at the start of the story, he must learn how to think like a woman to figure out how to be that better self, eventually without the wig and dress. Michael observes the current situation between Ron and Julie as a reflection of his relationship with Sandy.
Sandy envisions giving up her acting career after her disappointment at the soap opera audition and going home to San Diego. Michael imagines dressing up like a woman to audition for the soap opera role.
You controlled me completely. I felt your power. Les plays the role of the gracious host when he brings a sweater out to Dorothy. Jeff becomes a promising playwright with the successful opening of his play at the Syracuse Playhouse.
Michael becomes a better man who can be straight with Les and Julie instead of lying to them. Michael is getting nowhere with his acting career.
When Dorothy appears on the covers of top magazines, Michael gets excited about her future. Michael is trapped in the role of Dorothy when her standard contract is renewed by Rita. As Dorothy, Michael receives a marriage proposal from Les and is so overwhelmed he runs out of the dance club. Michael tries to pick up Julie as he has done with other women in the past.
When Michael, as Dorothy, nervously fumbles the audition script, Julie falls back on her own recollections of a similar situation. She tells Dorothy how one should handle auditioning for the show. When Dorothy hits Dr. It would have been mine. Julie is immediately relaxed around Dorothy, impulsively calling her Dottie the first time Dorothy visits her apartment.
Julie is drawn to Dorothy because of her basic need for love, compassion, and acceptance. Julie, frightened by her basic attraction to Dorothy, runs away from her after their almost kiss. The next day Julie considers her feelings toward Dorothy. Julie considers that she misses her friend Dorothy, and that Dorothy is in Michael. She gives Michael a chance to know her as a man. Julie picks up the pages and gives her some advice. Julie and Dorothy act in their first scene together and save it when Julie faints and Dorothy catches her; Julie makes dinner for Dorothy; Dorothy helps Julie with her lines; Michael tries to pick up Julie with her own line; Julie throw a drink in his face.
Michael starts to fall in love with Julie their first evening together. Julie learns how to stand up for herself from Dorothy, and breaks up with Ron. JULIE: [. That brief experience convinces her that she has lesbian tendencies. Michael, faced with losing Julie as Dorothy reveals himself on live television.
He loses Julie again when she punches him in the stomach. Filter Comprehensive Broken Stories tales The following analysis reveals a comprehensive look at the Storyform for Tootsie. Main Character Throughline Synopsis Michael Dorsey, a stage actor trying to make ends meet, dresses in drag and auditions for a part as a mature woman on a New York soap opera. Influence Character Backstory Julie Nichols was raised in the country by an old-fashioned father and a loving mother who has died.
The wig and the glasses are a little too much, true, but in an uncanny way the woman played by Hoffman looks like certain actual women who look like drag queens. Dorothy might have trouble passing in Evanston, but in Manhattan, nobody gives her a second look. Michael Dorsey finds to his interest and amusement that Dorothy begins to take on a life of her own.
She's a liberated eccentric, a woman who seems sort of odd and funny at first, but grows on you and wins your admiration by standing up for what's right. One of the things that bothers Dorothy is the way the soap opera's chauvinist director Dabney Coleman mistreats and insults the attractive young actress Jessica Lange who plays Julie, a nurse on the show. Dorothy and Julie become friends and finally close confidants. Dorothy's problem, however, is that the man inside her is gradually growing uncontrollably in love with Julie.
There are other complications. Julie's father Charles Durning , a gruff, friendly, no-nonsense sort, lonely but sweet, falls in love with Dorothy. Michael hardly knows how to deal with all of this, and his roommate Bill Murray isn't much help.
Surveying Dorothy in one of her new outfits, he observes drily, "Don't play hard to get. The movie also manages to make some lighthearted but well-aimed observations about sexism.
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