Crossdressing as comedy

Why does a man dressing up as a woman get used so much in comedy?

The comedy of farce often heavily uses a case of mistaken identitu, with a character pretending to be something or someone they are not.

Basically the more the difference between a characters actual identity and assumed identity, the bigger the potential for comedy. And there is nothing more extreme than a man pretending to be a woman, and discovering a world which whilst in plain sight they were originally oblivious to.

Some examples of films which have used this include …

• Charley’s Aunt
• Some Like It Hot
• Tootsie
• Nuns on the Run
• Mrs Doubtfire
• Big Momma’s House

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