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Five most outrageous instances of men impersonating women in literature, film, and song  

5.  Edward Rochester: Jane Eyre

Mr. Rochester throws a party at Thornfield Hall.  He wants to know what the ladies think of him, especially Jane, so he does what any sensible man would do: straps on a black bonnet, poses as a fortune teller, chats them up.  This fools everyone, especially Jane.  If Rochester were a real fortune teller, this is what he would tell her: “You will fall in love with a married man who keeps his pyromaniac wife locked in the attic.  Run.  Now.”  Oddly enough, this tradition of the host crashing his own party as a cross-dressed clairvoyant to find out who has the hots for him is no longer in vogue.

 

4.  (tie) Michael Dorsey, Daniel Hillard: Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire

Dustin Hoffmann plays an actor who wants to work; Robin Williams is a divorced dad who wants to spend time with his kids: hello Dorothy Michaels and Euphegenia Doubtfire.  Tootsie is probably the better movie, but that scene in Mrs. Doubtfire where chunks of Robin William’s lemon meringue facial mask keep plopping into Mrs. Sellner’s tea makes me laugh till my head hurts.  Every time.  Even when I know what’s coming.

3.  Norman Bates: Psycho

He seems like a nice guy: soft-spoken, polite, boyish in a way.  Till he puts on a wig, grabs a knife, and visits you in the shower.  Mamma-mia!

 

2.  Joe & Jerry: Some Like it Hot

Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon get dragged into drag in this classic from Billy Wilder.  After witnessing the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, bass-playing Joe and saxophonist Jerry slip into hiding—and high heels—as Josephine and Daphne, members of an all-girl band.  They get pinched and ogled and fix each other’s torn-off breasts.  Watching Curtis seduce ukulele-playing Marilyn Monroe as a faux Cary Grant millionaire is hilarious; watching Jack Lemmon’s Daphne gush about his/her fiancé Osgood Fielding III is even better.

 

1.  Steven Tyler: lead singer, Aerosmith

The tights.  The scarves.  The hair.  The eye makeup.  Those lips.   Dude definitely looks like a lady.