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| Tootsie * Drive Steps 1. Michael buys women's clothes and tells Jeff how tough it is to be a woman. 2. He lies to Sandy about his newfound source of money. 3. He arranges to do his own makeup and hair. 4. He improvises to avoid kissing a man. 5. He is friendly to Julie. 6. He lies to Sandy about being sick. 7. He makes another date with Sandy. 8. Hle helps April rehearse. 9. He helps Julie with her lines and asks her why she puts up with Ron. 10. He lies to Sandy when he's late for their date. 11. He improvises newlines to make Dorothy a tougher woman. 12. He improvises lines with Julie. 13. He asks George to help him get deeper roles, now that he's learned so much as a woman. 14. Michael, as a man, comes onto Julie, but she rejects him. 15. As Dorothy, he tells Ron not to call him "Tootsie" 16. He lies to avoid Sandy so he can go to the country with Julie. 17. He falls in love with Julie out on the farm. 18. The producer tells Michael they want to renew Dorothy's contract. 13. Attack by Ally During the drive, the hero is losing to the opponent and becoming desperate. When he starts taking immoral steps to succeed, the ally confronts him. At this moment, the ally becomes the conscience of the hero, saying, in effect, "I'm trying to help you reach your goal, but the way you're doing it is wrong" Typically, the hero tries to defend his actions and does not accept the ally's criticism. (See Chapter 10, "Scene Construction and Symphonic Dialogue" for details on writing moral dialogue) 29 The attack by the ally provides the story with the second level of conflict (hero versus opposition is the first. The ally's attack increases the pressure on the hero and forces him to begin questioning his values and way of acting. Casablanca * Ally's Criticism Rick is criticized not by one of his allies but by his first opponent, Ilsa. In the marketplace, she accuses him of not being the man she knew in Paris. When Rick bluntly propositions her, she tells him she was married to Laszlo before she met him. * Hero's Justification Rick offers no justification except to say he was drunk the night before. Download 0.98 Mb. Share with your friends:
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