Recursive Crossdressing: Difference between revisions

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'''Ronnie Corbett:''' Oh, at least.|''[[The Two Ronnies]]'', as "Ball and Socket"}}

 

** ''As You Like It'' goes even further: the female lead (Rosalind) disguises herself as a boy (Ganymede) who is then asked by Rosalind's lover Orlando to pretend to be Rosalind so he can practice courting her. Certain modern productions can be even worse. The epilogue to ''As You Like It'' is nominally spoken by Rosalind, but actually by the boy playing her (it contains the line "If I were a woman..."). Thus, if Rosalind is played by an actress and the epilogue included, we have: a modern actress playing a Shakespearean boy actor playing a woman disguised as a boy who pretends to be a woman (for ''five'' levels of recursivity).

** Lampshaded when explained on an episode of ''[[Full House]]''.

'''Joey''': You might want to stay away from Shakespeare. }}

* The play ''[[Victor Victoria]]'', an adaptation of the original film (see above), is about this. A down-on-her-luck opera singer named Victoria (Julie Andrews in the film) can't find work, so a recent acquaintance and homosexual talent agent convinces her to pretend to be Victor, a drag queen who presents himself as a woman named Victoria. A confused mobster falls in love with her/him/her.