Dorothy Michaels

Dorothy Michaelsaka Michael Dorsey is the main protagonist of the 1982 "film Tootsie" She/He is played by Dustin Hoffman who also voices ShiFu

Story
Michael Dorsey is an actor who poses as a woman (Dorothy Michaels) to get a job, Michael/Dorothy's character quickly becomes a TV sensation but unfortunately for him, Michael falls in love with one of his colleagues Julie Nichols. Meanwhile, Dorothy has her own admirers to contend with: older cast member John Van Horn and Julie's widowed father Les. Les proposes marriage, insisting Michael/Dorothy "think about it" before answering; he leaves When the cast is forced to perform the show live, he improvises a grand speech on camera, pulls off his wig and reveals that he is actually the character's twin brother who took her place to avenge her. Sandy and Les, who are all watching at home, react with the same level of shock as the cast and crew of the show, Julie is so outraged that she slugs him in the stomach in front of the cast once the cameras have stopped rolling before storming off. Later, Michael awkwardly makes peace with Les in a bar, and waits for Julie outside the studio. Julie resists talking but finally admits she misses Dorothy. Michael confesses, "I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man." At that, she forgives him and they walk off, Julie asking him to lend her a dress.

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(George: No one will hire you...) "oh yeah???"



Dorothy (Michael) with Jeff

"Bullshit Ron..."