{"id":5342,"date":"2013-07-09T22:46:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T02:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=5342"},"modified":"2013-07-09T22:46:04","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T02:46:04","slug":"tootsie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2013\/07\/tootsie.html","title":{"rendered":"Tootsie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"photo_96982\" alt=\"Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20090630\/425.hoffman.tootsie.063009.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite movies\u00a0 is Tootsie, that made a big splash when it was released in\u00a0 1982,\u00a0\u00a0as veteran actor Dustin Hoffman plays a dual role of a not-so-successful actor Michael Dorsey turned\u00a0 sensational actress\u00a0 Dorothy Michaels in order to land a big part in a popular soap opera. The object lesson of the film was about overcoming stereotypes, sexism\u00a0and the way in which playing a woman made the main character a better man.<\/p>\n<p>Just recently I watched a clip of an interview with Dustin Hoffman as he spoke about the creation of the character, the intention to play her, not as a parody of a woman, but the most attractive &#8216;real&#8217; looking woman &#8216;she&#8217; could be. His makeup artist did what was possible and yet he still felt that he wasn&#8217;t a gorgeous woman by society&#8217;s standards. It occurred to him that there were many average looking women that aren&#8217;t given the time of day by men in the culture who have a particular image in mind for classic beauty. He was chagrined to recognize that he too, contributed to that stigma. I gained a great deal of respect for him after viewing the interview, as he admitted to his own shortcomings with regard to the women he had missed out on getting to know by buying into the fa\u00e7ade that may have masked their true beauty.<\/p>\n<p>How do we measure beauty?\u00a0 For some it is about body shape and size, for others a sense of symmetry of facial features, for still others, it is about appearing youthful. How both sexes miss out when it comes to\u00a0limiting standards for appearance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/smTXkhM6v-Y\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/smTXkhM6v-Y<\/a>\u00a0Clip from Tootsie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/dustin-hoffman-tootsie\/\">www.themarysue.com\/dustin-hoffman-tootsie\/<\/a> Interview with Dustin Hoffman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; One of my favorite movies\u00a0 is Tootsie, that made a big splash when it was released in\u00a0 1982,\u00a0\u00a0as veteran actor Dustin Hoffman plays a dual role of a not-so-successful actor Michael Dorsey turned\u00a0 sensational actress\u00a0 Dorothy Michaels in order to land a big part in a popular soap opera. 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