Dustin Hoffman he made you want to do for him—to give him one." In "Tootsie" (1982), Hoffman portrays Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who finds himself dressing up as a woman to land a role on a soap opera. His co-star was Jessica Lange. "Tootsie" earned ten Academy Award nominations, including Hoffman's fifth nomination. Under direction by Sydney Pollack, Hoffman's role demanded "a steady bombardment of opposites—edgy then funny, romantic then realistic, soft then quivering." To film critic David Denby, Hoffman's character "embodies vulnerability and drive in perfect proportion. He has the knack of making everything he does seem perilous, and so
Dick Brooks (magician) Future American Magical Entertainers, and the club lasted for many years thereafter. This laid the foundation for the Society of American Magicians, who at first did not allow youngsters to join, formed the Society of Young Magicians (S.Y.M.) for youngsters in 1984. In 1952 Tootsie Rolls took over sponsorship of The Paul Whiteman Teen Club at WFIL in Philadelphia. As a teenager he was booked by Skipper Dawes, who would later manage Eddie Fisher (singer), who after a New York audition instead of booking him as a contestant booked him as a regular performer doing commercials for Tootsie Rolls on