Tootsie

I really enjoyed this movie! Dustin Hoffman really outdid himself playing both male and female roles. I liked how it left the idea of one's sexual orientation open to interpretation. Julie was clearly quite drawn to Dorothy, but we are left to wonder what it was that she found attractive. Dorothy, as a man playing a woman, behaved very proper and feminine, with a streak of independence that didn't let her get pushed around, a characteristic considered more masculine at the time. I suppose she displayed the ideal mix (to Julie?) of male and female qualities. Dorothy is like nobody Julie has met before, and while she struggles to admit it openly, the attraction is obvious! Is Julie attracted to Dorothy, the untypical female, or is she somehow attracted to the man that she can perhaps subconsciously 'sense' under the wig and makeup? If she's attracted to Dorothy the female, is it because of her 'masculine' qualities? If she's subconciously attracted to the inner male that she senses in Dorothy, is she attracted to how he is at the same time feminine? I find it is a very interesting dynamic between them!