Tootsie
Interpersonal communication is the communication that occurs simultaneously with another person in an attempt to mutually influence one another, usually for the purpose of managing relationships. Dustin Hoffman encountered and altered his interpersonal communication skills while playing the character of Michael Dorsey in the film Tootsie. Tootsie examines a gender bending, cross-dressing male in the mid 1980's. This movie was a script for its time as well as the future as it's ideas on relationships between men and women still hold in today's society.Tootsie stars Dustin Hoffman as a talented but troublesome actor, unemployable due to his reputation. Out of desperation, he dresses up as "Dorothy" to win a role as a woman on a daytime soap. He continues his charade of the sexes for a full year. Michael faces many interpersonal relationships throughout the film between himself as a male along with what it means and feels like to be a woman. Michael faced stages of relationship building as a male and as a woman, in some cases with the same
"Tootsie" examines gender roles and differences, and seems to conclude that women are better than men. Michael was turning a friendship into more of an intimate relationship with a fellow actor (Teri Garr). Michael/Dorothy thought if someone from worked called and the phone was answered as Michael he/she would be ruined. Dorothy used her small, frail and grandma like appearance to her advantage to create her overall image. Gender bending roles in life and in the movies are difficult for most individuals to absorb as we are so set in the stereotypical views of what each gender should and should not do. Michael in the end learned that he could manipulate relationships to get what he wanted, a job. Lange was not willing to continue their relationship when she felt Dorothy was a lesbian when in fact it was simply Michael acting on his attractions for Lange. Finally, whether we are female or male each individual carries valuable qualities. Michael and Dorothy were also dramatically different in how they spoke. Each relationship in the movie with either Michael or Dorothy changed dramatically when the secret was discovered. Lange's idea of a girlfriend relationship was tarnished with the intrusion of a man in her life as well as her bed. Michael's roommate volunteered to answer the phone for him/her however; this was still not appropriate, as an older woman should not be living with an unmarried man. Dorothy used the societies stereotypes when ever and where ever he/she felt appropriate. Michael could not obtain a job due to his reputation as a difficult actor but Dorothy could as a strong out spoken women.
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