Tootsie
Interpersonal communication is the communication that occurs simultaneously with another person in an attempt to mutually influence one another, usually for the purpose of managing relationships. Dustin Hoffman encountered and altered his interpersonal communication skills while playing the character of Michael Dorsey in the film Tootsie. Tootsie examines a gender bending, cross-dressing male in the mid 1980's. This movie was a script for its time as well as the future as it's ideas on relationships between men and women still hold in today's society.Tootsie stars Dustin Hoffman as a talented but troublesome actor, unemployable due to his reputation. Out of desperation, he dresses up as "Dorothy" to win a role as a woman on a daytime soap. He continues his charade of the sexes for a full year. Michael faces many interpersonal relationships throughout the film between himself as a male along with what it means and feels like to be a woman. Michael faced stages of relationship building as a male and as a woman, in some cases with the same
Finally, whether we are female or male each individual carries valuable qualities. Societies views on each gender mold and shape how each of these qualities will be accepted in the overall society. Michael in the end learned that he could manipulate relationships to get what he wanted, a job. He discovered society has a great impact on the acceptance of each individual in relation to how they act, speak and presented themselves. In his final lines, Michael admits that he was better as a woman than he is as a man. Dorothy's nonverbal and verbal communication changed dramatically from her original form as Michael. Dorothy used her small, frail and grandma like appearance to her advantage to create her overall image. She played on society's views on how an older single woman should act and live. He/she showed their image building skills by not answering the phone at his/her apartment. Michael/Dorothy thought if someone from worked called and the phone was answered as Michael he/she would be ruined. Michael's roommate volunteered to answer the phone for him/her however;
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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