Interesting Interview with Hoffman on Tootsie (movies, boyfriends, girl, husband)
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It's NOT ABOUT ROMANCE. It's about everyday life. Unattractive women are more likely to be overlooked in every aspect of it. Men have this problem too to a certain degree if they are unattractive, but it is much more acute with women. What Dustin Hoffman talked about in that interview is backed up by scientific studies.
For example, Dustin Hoffman is a successful actor, but were he a woman who looked like Tootsie she would not get the same kind of juicy leading roles or the same kind of respect that Dustin gets.
I think he was already married when he had this epiphany - so it's not about how it changed his romantic life but how it changed his understanding of what it's like to be a woman.
Yes. He mention about being brainwashed, and how he's missed out on knowing many wonderful women over the course of his lifetime because of focusing only on someone's outer layer.
What you look like should never take precedence over who you are, but that's not the society we live in. Many years ago, Dove started the Campaign for Real Beauty, and I applaud their efforts, but sadly, it's not enough. Not when we're saturated in the media with 18 year olds being held up as perfection and what the ideal woman's body should look like.
I think he was already married when he had this epiphany - so it's not about how it changed his romantic life but how it changed his understanding of what it's like to be a woman.
No, it changed his understanding of what it's like to be a specific type of woman. Women are not a monolith. We are individuals with a variety of experiences in life.
That was very interesting. They actually incorporated some of those issues into the movie.
I always enjoy his interviews. Not to mention his acting.
Like Chowhound said, it's really funny you posted that because we just watched the movie again. I can't count how many times I've seen it. I used to watch it over and over on "ON TV" back in the olden days, LOL.
No, it changed his understanding of what it's like to be a specific type of woman. Women are not a monolith. We are individuals with a variety of experiences in life.
You're missing the point. But I think you are determined to miss the point - so there's no point in pointing that out to you. But I thought I'd point it out anyway.
You're missing the point. But I think you are determined to miss the point - so there's no point in pointing that out to you. But I thought I'd point it out anyway.
Perhaps I prefer to take the discussion in my own direction which is how internet forums work? People may respond to me, they may ignore me, or they may make points of their own. This isn't a blog, it's an open discussion. That's the way things work.
I think it would be interesting to put up pictures of the woman Hoffman dated since 1982 when the movie came out. I'd like to know whether he dated any who looked like himself in drag, or over weight, etc etc.
I guess you missed it in the interview and in my previous post - but he was married when he made the film. He references talking to his wife in his interview. He's been married to the same woman since 1980.
That was nice. The movie was good, but it would have been even better if they had him fall in love with an ugly woman.
That's a very rare thing.
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