Word: soaped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thought Hoffman wouldn't be able to pull off without being offensive, stereotypical, or stupid. In his triple-layered performance in Tootsie. Hoffman seems unreproachable for his portrayal of a New York City actor who becomes a woman actor in order to play a female star in a television soap opera Hoffman doesn't need to fill his portrayal of the struggling actor Michael Dorsey with homosexual innuendos or explicit feminine gestures. The comedy-of-errors resulting from Dorsey's efforts to become a woman without letting anybody know is hilarious by itself...
When Dorsey girl friend Sands fails despite his intensive coaching to get a role in a soap opera, he becomes the character actress Dorothy Michael and auditions for the job. In this Second role Hoffman is hysterical as he gradually adopts feminine mannerisms as well as dress. His heavy make up, button hair do, fitted dresses and suits and high pitched Southern accent make Michaels a plausible character. We see Dorsey's influence on the character as he lumbles about perfecting every little thing about Michales' actions, her speech patterns, and her personality. Just her delightful flippant hand motions...
Michaels takes on a lifestyle of her own as she hands the job as Emily Kimberly, the hospital administrator in the hit soap opera "Southwest General" Michael confronts the pressures of daytime drama the dreadful scripts, the melodramatic actors and she flourishes Michaels becomes a successful version of Dorsey as she impresses lines and often change the soaps plot. She even become close friend with the femme nurse of the soap opera an actress named Julie. The two become close friends and even Julie's father falls in love with Tootsie (the nickname given Michaels by the obnoxious director...
...Meanwhile, Sony expects the Watchman to alter, or at least extend, any number of viewing habits. People can gaze at the gadget on the beach, carry it into stadium stands to catch instant replays, use it for soap-opera breaks while at school or work, or take it along on car trips. Predicts Warren Zorek, the manager of the consumer electronics department at Bloomingdale's in Manhattan: A color version should be on the way before too long, and it isn't farfetched to foresee hand-held video-game attachments and personal computer compatibility...
...loses the part, and Michael, broke, decides to go for it. When, as Dorothy, he enters the strange subculture of the soaps, he must contend with such fine comic caricatures as a smooth, womanizing director (Dabney Coleman) and an aging ham actor (George Gaynes) who becomes so smitten with Dorothy that he ends up in the street beneath her window warbling, "I'll know when my love comes along." Then there is Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols, the soap opera's heroine...