Tootsie (1982)

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Wikidata Q221249, film, IMDb tt0084805, TMDB 9576: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 5 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Bill Murray: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (underrated performance): Tootsie → Bill Murray. Murray is amazing in Tootsie though nobody thinks of it as a Murray film.
    “he's actually amazing in Tootsie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:06:35 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Dr. Strangelove: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (thematic comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Tootsie. Speaker says Strangelove and Tootsie are both extremely funny but feel important to the industry.
    “Well, this movie and Totsie have a lot in common, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:29:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Eyes Wide Shut: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting parallel): Tootsie → Eyes Wide Shut. Hoffman cast Pollack to be intimidated, and Pollack is similarly a director Cruise defers to.
    “And similarly, it's very smart to cast Pollock in this because Pollock is a director who's worked with Cruz before.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:15:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Tootsie → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Tootsie ran 24 weeks and made $177 million alongside Jedi's summer; its premise is that there are no good parts for men.
    “So a team made $177 million.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:14:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Big Chill: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Tootsie. The Big Chill is part of a lost wave of 80s serious comedies like Tootsie, Lost in America, Baby Boom, Broadcast News.
    “I also feel like this has aged well as one of the signature serious comedies of the 1980s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Tootsie → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Tootsie ran 24 weeks and made $177 million alongside Jedi's summer; its premise is that there are no good parts for men.
    “So a team made $177 million.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:14:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (casting parallel): Tootsie → Eyes Wide Shut. Hoffman cast Pollack to be intimidated, and Pollack is similarly a director Cruise defers to.
    “And similarly, it's very smart to cast Pollock in this because Pollock is a director who's worked with Cruz before.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:15:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Tootsie. The Big Chill is part of a lost wave of 80s serious comedies like Tootsie, Lost in America, Baby Boom, Broadcast News.
    “I also feel like this has aged well as one of the signature serious comedies of the 1980s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (thematic comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Tootsie. Speaker says Strangelove and Tootsie are both extremely funny but feel important to the industry.
    “Well, this movie and Totsie have a lot in common, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:29:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (underrated performance): Tootsie → Bill Murray. Murray is amazing in Tootsie though nobody thinks of it as a Murray film.
    “he's actually amazing in Tootsie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:06:35 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Tootsie: The central premise of Tootsie is joked to be that there are no good parts out there for men.
    “There are no good parts out there for men.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:14:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.