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Turner Classic Movies, 5 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24
For some insane reason, Dustin Hoffman didn’t win an Oscar for playing Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who impersonates a woman in order to get a role on a soap opera.
The woman he impersonates, Dorothy Michaels, is an uptight, middle-aged redhead who becomes a fan favorite and star of the soap.
Michael falls in love with his costar, Julie (Jessica Lange), while stringing along his girlfriend Sandy (Teri Garr), leading to the great line, “Sandy thinks I’m gay, Julie thinks I’m a lesbian!”
The movie is hilarious and it is perfect, going from great slapstick to gender commentary to romance, and Hoffman is brilliant, as are Lange and Garr.
