Geraldine? Wasn't that the character's name? Been so long.
Robin Williams did Mrs Doubtfire.
Gender swaps and mistaken gender has been a staple of drama/comedy for a LONG time. Shakespeare did it (which was interesting because you had a boy playing a girl/woman who was pretending to be a boy--because women actresses were not a thing at th…
Geraldine? Wasn't that the character's name? Been so long.
Robin Williams did Mrs Doubtfire.
Gender swaps and mistaken gender has been a staple of drama/comedy for a LONG time. Shakespeare did it (which was interesting because you had a boy playing a girl/woman who was pretending to be a boy--because women actresses were not a thing at that time).
I think there were a few classical tales (Greek/Roman) that involved that type of thing.
Hoffman lost the Oscar to F. Murray Abraham for his title role in "Gandhi". Not to take away from Abraham, but I thought Hoffman got robbed - and still do.
Ditto Tootsie and all the others noted above. Never realized a bunch of guys in drag represented such a moral hazard and threat to the American way of life!
Geraldine? Wasn't that the character's name? Been so long.
Robin Williams did Mrs Doubtfire.
Gender swaps and mistaken gender has been a staple of drama/comedy for a LONG time. Shakespeare did it (which was interesting because you had a boy playing a girl/woman who was pretending to be a boy--because women actresses were not a thing at that time).
I think there were a few classical tales (Greek/Roman) that involved that type of thing.
Forgot Tootsie! Didn't Dustin Hoffman win an Oscar?
Ooops! Yes, I believe so... after checking, no. He was nominated. Did win a BAFTA for the role, though.
Hoffman lost the Oscar to F. Murray Abraham for his title role in "Gandhi". Not to take away from Abraham, but I thought Hoffman got robbed - and still do.
Abraham won for Amadeus in '84. :-)
You are correct. Ben Kingsley won for Gandhi. Damn, I can never seem to keep those two straight!
Also forgot Victor, Victoria.
Some Like It Hot. On most lists of the 100 best movies of all time.
Just remembered "The Birdcage" with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.
IOW, there is a ton of this out there. Who'da thunk it ;)
Ditto Tootsie and all the others noted above. Never realized a bunch of guys in drag represented such a moral hazard and threat to the American way of life!
First we had Doubtfire and Tootsie. Now we're clinging by our fingernails to democracy. Pretty straight* path.
* ;)
Go back much further. First we had Milton Berle. :-)
Always liked Uncle Miltie. Especially in drag. Ooops. Did I say that out loud??
Well, straight *is* the only path that's acceptable in certain quarters, isn't it??