Line #6 YMMV/Tootsie


1	!!The Movie
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3	* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Michael learn some genuine empathy for what women endure at the hands of men, something Dustin Hoffman also stated he experienced while making the film (see below), felt a lot more hollow when [[http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/dustin-hoffman-2-1202641525/ sexual harassment and assault allegations]] directed towards Hoffman surfaced in 2017.
4	* OneSceneWonder: Well, technically a ''Two''-Scene Wonder; Creator/GeenaDavis (in her film debut) as the sexy, underwear-clad costar sharing Dorothy's dressing room.
5	* RetroactiveRecognition:
6	** Creator/GeenaDavis makes her film debut as "Dorothy"'s castmate.
7	** A pre-''[[Series/TheGoldenGirls Golden Girls]]'' Estelle Getty has a bit part as one of the couples seen dancing late in the film, and is pretty recognizable.
8	* ValuesResonance: Creator/DustinHoffman gave an interview with AFI [[https://www.today.com/popculture/dustin-hoffmans-tearful-tootsie-interview-about-women-goes-viral-6C10578440 in which he broke down crying]] when he had a HeelRealization.
9	-->'''Hoffman''': When we got to that point and looked at it on screen, I was shocked that I wasn't more attractive. I said, "Now you have me looking like a woman, now make me a ''beautiful'' woman." Because I thought I should be beautiful. ... And they said to me, "That's as good as it gets." It was at that moment [[EurekaMoment I had an epiphany]], and I went home and started crying, talking to my wife. And I said I have to make this picture, and she said, "Why?" And I said, "Because I think I am an interesting woman when I look at myself on screen. And I know that if I met myself at a party, I would never talk to that character because she doesn't fulfill physically the demands that we're brought up to think women have to have in order for us to ask them out." She says, "What are you saying?" I said, "There's too many interesting women I have not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed." That movie was never a comedy for me.
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11	!!The Musical
12	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
13	** "I Know What's Gonna Happen". An extremely fast PatterSong where Sandy devolves into hilariously self hating hysterics.
14	** "Jeff Sums It Up", which is exactly what it sounds like. [[SidekickSong Jeff overviews the plot]] and how royally Michael has screwed up in a hilarious fashion. [[spoiler: The unexpected PrecisionFStrike followed by a ClusterFBomb]] in particular leaves the audiences, especially since [[spoiler: that kind of language]] is competent absent from the first act.
15	* CriticalDissonance: PlayedWith. The show got excellent reviews, and did indeed find several viewers who greatly enjoyed it as well. However, it also received a lot of hate from theatre goers who claimed it was transphobic, detailed below. With that being said, a lot of this hate fell under ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch, so it's not entirely clear how much this trope fell into play, as the most vocal hatred came from people who refused to see it.
16	* OvershadowedByControversy: While the original movie (which was released during a time when the transgender community had not officially reached mainstream prominence) could get away with the concept of a man cross-dressing with no problem, the increase in transgender awareness since the 2010s meant that the Broadway show ran into some trouble, as several Broadway fans (the majority being young ones who didn't know the movie) decried it as transphobic and viciously hated on the show throughout its run, refusing to watch it, decrying its awards success, and celebrating the show's early closing. In response, fans of the show noted that while the concept may be dated, it doesn't make fun on the transgender community, as the humor comes from laughing at Michael's sheer desperation to make such a major change and the Hell it puts him through, rather than the punchline of a man being dressed as woman. Additionally, while detractors noted that Michael was a DesignatedHero, fans also pointed out that the other characters call him out for his behavior, with no one else supporting his idea, and Michael realizing he was wrong the entire time.

Context YMMV / Tootsie