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R Mercer's avatar

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.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Forgot Tootsie! Didn't Dustin Hoffman win an Oscar?

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R Mercer's avatar

Ooops! Yes, I believe so... after checking, no. He was nominated. Did win a BAFTA for the role, though.

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JMFK's avatar

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.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Abraham won for Amadeus in '84. :-)

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JMFK's avatar

You are correct. Ben Kingsley won for Gandhi. Damn, I can never seem to keep those two straight!

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Also forgot Victor, Victoria.

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Mary Brownell's avatar

Some Like It Hot. On most lists of the 100 best movies of all time.

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Mary Brownell's avatar

Just remembered "The Birdcage" with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.

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R Mercer's avatar

IOW, there is a ton of this out there. Who'da thunk it ;)

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M. Trosino's avatar

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!

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knowltok's avatar

First we had Doubtfire and Tootsie. Now we're clinging by our fingernails to democracy. Pretty straight* path.

* ;)

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Go back much further. First we had Milton Berle. :-)

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M. Trosino's avatar

Always liked Uncle Miltie. Especially in drag. Ooops. Did I say that out loud??

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M. Trosino's avatar

Well, straight *is* the only path that's acceptable in certain quarters, isn't it??

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