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== This film includes examples of: == |
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'''Tropes used in the original movie:''' |
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* [[Answer Cut]]: Technically not a question, but close enough |
* [[Answer Cut]]: Technically not a question, but close enough |
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* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: The character of George was written and/or cast with Sydney Pollack, the director, playing the part at Hoffman's suggestion, to incorporate some of the real-life tension between the two of them into the movie itself. |
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: The character of George was written and/or cast with Sydney Pollack, the director, playing the part at Hoffman's suggestion, to incorporate some of the real-life tension between the two of them into the movie itself. |
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* [[Reality Subtext]]: Michael Dorsey ''is'' Dustin Hoffman. All the insane ways Dorsey gets fired or quits from a production? They ''really'' happened. |
* [[Reality Subtext]]: Michael Dorsey ''is'' Dustin Hoffman. All the insane ways Dorsey gets fired or quits from a production? They ''really'' happened. |
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* [[The Reveal]]: The big reveal for both the fictional soap and the actual movie, when Michael takes off his wig and many of his feminine touches and reveals himself to be a man during a live |
* [[The Reveal]]: The big reveal for both the fictional soap and the actual movie, when Michael takes off his wig and many of his feminine touches and reveals himself to be a man during a live broadcast of ''Southwest General''. |
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* [[Ripped From the Headlines]]: The reveal of Emily Kimberly to be her brother Edward Kimberly on ''Southwest General'' was based on a real plot twist on the soap ''[[General Hospital]]'', in which the character Sally Armitage was revealed to really be Max Hedges. |
* [[Ripped From the Headlines]]: The reveal of Emily Kimberly to be her brother Edward Kimberly on ''Southwest General'' was based on a real plot twist on the soap ''[[General Hospital]]'', in which the character Sally Armitage was revealed to really be Max Hedges. |
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* [[Self Deprecation]]: Let's just see it's easy to see a lot of Michael's behavior in Dustin Hoffman's career. |
* [[Self Deprecation]]: Let's just see it's easy to see a lot of Michael's behavior in Dustin Hoffman's career. |
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