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
Kung Fu Tootsie Kung Fu Tootsie Kung Fu Tootsie (Thai: ตั๊ดสู้ฟุด or "Tat soo foot") is a 2007 Thai action-comedy film written and directed by Jaturong Mokjok. The English title of the film is an allusion to the 1982 American comedy film "Tootsie". A Thai slang term for transvestite or effeminate man, "toot" (ตุ๊ด), comes from the first syllable of "Tootsie". The Thai name of the film, "Tat soo foot" is a Thai spoonerism for "toot soo fat", which translates roughly as "butt-kicking sissy". "Kung Fu Tootsie" is set in Hong Kong, the story of Tien and Tao, twins separated at birth. When