comedy-drama

Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy-drama film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces Dustin Hoffman to adopt a new identity as a woman to land a job.

comedy

Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman.

musical comedy

Tootsie is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Robert Horn.

comedy musical

Tootsie is a comedy musical about Broadway sensation Dorothy Michaels, a talented, outspoken woman who inspires everyone Broadway sensation Dorothy Michaels meets – the perfect musical theater starlet.

subversive comedy

All told, Tootsie is a subversive comedy gem which may have lost some of a subversive comedy gem's edge in this 'gender fluid' post-modern world, but a subversive comedy gem 's lost none of a subversive comedy gem's heart.

a Tony Award-winning laugh-out-loud love letter to musical theatre

Tootsie is a Tony Award-winning laugh-out-loud love letter to musical theatre.

Movie with a capital M that they used to make in the 1940s

Tootsie is the kind of Movie with a capital M that they used to make in the 1940s, when they weren't afraid to mix up absurdity with seriousness, social comment with farce, and a little heartfelt tenderness right in there with the laughs.

the hilarious award-winning musical based on one of the funniest comedic films of all time, in which Michael Dorsey is a skilled actor with a talent for not keeping a job

“Tootsie” is the hilarious award-winning musical based on one of the funniest comedic films of all time, in which Michael Dorsey is a skilled actor with a talent for not keeping a job.

the worst type of American humor: one that has a clever idea in its hands but takes its hands in a completely wrong direction, letting its hands die in a predictable plot that looks like a cheap soap opera and bears a stupid sitcom sense of humor

Tootsie is simply the worst type of American humor: one that has a clever idea in its hands but takes its hands in a completely wrong direction, letting its hands die in a predictable plot that looks like a cheap soap opera and bears a stupid sitcom sense of humor.

fantastications

Although not fantasies, both Tootsie (1982) and Mrs Doubtfire (1993) are fantastications whose plot centres on transvestite men.

an American film about a New York man

Tootsie is an American film about a New York man, struggling to find acting work, who takes who upon himself to change his approach at auditions, by disguising himself as a woman.

a very comical Broadway show, which is based on the film with Dustin Hoffman

Tootsie is a very comical Broadway show, which is based on the film with Dustin Hoffman, but in which the story has the story's own, contemporary twist.

farcical

Nonetheless, Tootsie stands as a farcical study of how men treat women and how women treat themselves—a timely topic in 1982.

one of 1 Miniature Australian Shepherd puppies whelped and available for sale in the Toy Australian Shepherd's litter

Tootsie is one of 1 Miniature Australian Shepherd puppies whelped and available for sale in the Toy Australian Shepherd's litter.