Tootsie
“Tootsie” (1982) – Directed by Sydney Pollack
Introduction
The drama “Tootsie” is about an unemployed actor – Michael Dorsey who wants to raise fund for his friend’s drama and therefore he decides to work for money. However, as he is serious in acting, directors find him difficult to get along with; therefore, Michael can only cross-dressed to be Dorothy Michaels in order to get a job. In my opinion, the drama presents the idea of gender stereotypes, which shows the idea of biased view on different gender. For instance, in the 1980s, there are raising concerns on striving equal status between two genders, however, there are still prejudice in people’s mind, such as female cannot be the leaders since they are rather emotional.
In the drama, Michael Dorsey is a protagonist which refers to the main character who changes his/her attitude during the play, from the beginning of the play, Michael is a person who thinks he can handle things well and treats his acting as a major goal in his life. However, as a male, he does not know how to handle the relationship seriously. After his experience in acting as a female, and the “inspiration” of how Ron, his “soap opera” director treats Julie, he starts to change his attitudes towards women. In the following scenes, they show how Michael changes and how the dramatic meaning show that writer wants to communicates with audiences.
Michael Dorsey talks with Jeff at their house after the first day of acting
Background
When Michael starts his first job bring a woman in the soap opera, he goes back to the house and has a talk with his friend, Jeff. They talk about the experience in the first day of drama; also, how the director, Ron, treats him and Julie. Jeff seems not interested in and started to get annoyed about the attitudes of Michael.
Analysis
The scene demonstrates the variations between two characters’ moral stances, how Michael thinks about Dorothy and also the languages used in the informal setting. This
Introduction
The drama “Tootsie” is about an unemployed actor – Michael Dorsey who wants to raise fund for his friend’s drama and therefore he decides to work for money. However, as he is serious in acting, directors find him difficult to get along with; therefore, Michael can only cross-dressed to be Dorothy Michaels in order to get a job. In my opinion, the drama presents the idea of gender stereotypes, which shows the idea of biased view on different gender. For instance, in the 1980s, there are raising concerns on striving equal status between two genders, however, there are still prejudice in people’s mind, such as female cannot be the leaders since they are rather emotional.
In the drama, Michael Dorsey is a protagonist which refers to the main character who changes his/her attitude during the play, from the beginning of the play, Michael is a person who thinks he can handle things well and treats his acting as a major goal in his life. However, as a male, he does not know how to handle the relationship seriously. After his experience in acting as a female, and the “inspiration” of how Ron, his “soap opera” director treats Julie, he starts to change his attitudes towards women. In the following scenes, they show how Michael changes and how the dramatic meaning show that writer wants to communicates with audiences.
Michael Dorsey talks with Jeff at their house after the first day of acting
Background
When Michael starts his first job bring a woman in the soap opera, he goes back to the house and has a talk with his friend, Jeff. They talk about the experience in the first day of drama; also, how the director, Ron, treats him and Julie. Jeff seems not interested in and started to get annoyed about the attitudes of Michael.
Analysis
The scene demonstrates the variations between two characters’ moral stances, how Michael thinks about Dorothy and also the languages used in the informal setting. This
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