Tootsie: Movie Review

Links to stuff mentioned: 

Watch this movie on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Q73kG4ltDts?si=f_TOTGclROYVmO0q

It might be you song: https://youtu.be/Y9AVoIROBt0?si=30smy0ePlfgf-RX7

The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker: https://youtu.be/yZh25tJ7b9s

Gene Siskel's review: https://youtu.be/Zbt4zRflBFs?si=FGgdDIy7g6jCF-QG

Roger Ebert's review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tootsie-1982

The AVclub review: https://web.archive.org/web/20150501032338/http://www.avclub.com/review/tootsie-7229

This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:

https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

and HERE: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2018/12/vlog-scripted-book-reviews-i-ramble-on.html

In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/02/tootsie.html

Related Playlists:

Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA

Scripted Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x49ts8TV1DbXQo8zN_e65us&si=_gzqGAmaz337NVCP

Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI

Movies I Saw in 2014 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4WRnfM_TDQClWj8OOCg9f_&si=Uu6SYX9o1qm1Ndhc

1 Star Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7eBH--jB7tqjusGk1CaCuV

The Nonfiction book Tag

The tag was created by Bibliophile-Bookscape: https://youtu.be/kuhyyyGyR0M?si=O5VRfk759FLX5qin

I was tagged by Derek Green: https://youtu.be/qKNFqj1rC0g?si=EOzuVnNTSywnyyyc

1. What originally made you interested in reading nonfiction?

2. Do you read nonfiction mainly for curiosity, learning, or enjoyment?

3. What topic could you read endless nonfiction about?

4. How do you usually discover nonfiction books?

5. Do you follow authors or topics when choosing nonfiction?

6. What nonfiction book stuck with you long after reading?

7. What topic have you learned the most about through books?

8. What nonfiction book made you curious about something unexpected?

9. What topic would you recommend everyone explore at least once?

10. What nonfiction book would you recommend to curious readers?

11. What nonfiction book would you give someone who says they don’t like nonfiction?

Links to stuff mentioned:

* The Scramble for Africa: 1876-1912 by Thomas Pakenham: https://youtu.be/oy8fySdy4zw

* My Favorite Narrative History Books: https://youtu.be/-IpTC7RX9d0

* The Moral Animal by Robert Wright: https://youtu.be/f7ATNq7CMqA

* The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker: https://youtu.be/yZh25tJ7b9s

I tag:

 @Bucky749  

 @mindysbookjourney  

 @WilliamsLibrary  

 @jimsbooksreadingandstuff  

 @bethannebruninga-socolar  

 @JosephFrancisBurton  

Tag Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x68GfUHYtDeSJLo6gwRKIID

This Week in Booktube: March 22, 2026

(These are the Booktube videos I watched this week. As always, I encourage you also to check out each of the videos I've linked to down below.  Support Booktube.  And let me know what you've watched this past week.)

Google document: docs, pub

Joseph Francis Burton I do the Non-Fiction book tag!!

Steve Donoghue Ryan Holiday's 26 Rules for Reading: A Very Belated Response!

Steve Donoghue Epic Comic Book Wednesday: The Dark Knight Returns

Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

Tell Tale Books Stephen King 69: The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands | Review

Mindy's Book Journey Cold Snap Book Review

jim's books reading & stuff 1 min review: Christine by Stephen King

Derek Green Is there a literacy crisis? Response

Joseph Francis Burton A Haven, by Joris-Karl Huysmans - book discussion

Steve Donoghue Star Trek Starfleet Academy Season 1: Review

Bucky749 TMNT Talk : Rennet: (tmnt’s doctor who )

Randy Ray Patience with and for Booktube: A Response to Steve Donoghue

Steve Donoghue Having Patience with (and on) BookTube!

High Windows by Philip Larkin: ESL Listening

TESOL Worksheets--Poems ESL Listening)

Transcript: docs, pub
Video: HERE

High Windows by Philip Larkin: poems

Video: https://youtu.be/HzNPfG9Rx8I

When I see a couple of kids

And guess he’s fucking her and she’s   

Taking pills or wearing a diaphragm,   

I know this is paradise

Everyone old has dreamed of all their lives—   

Bonds and gestures pushed to one side

Like an outdated combine harvester,

And everyone young going down the long slide

To happiness, endlessly. I wonder if   

Anyone looked at me, forty years back,   

And thought, That’ll be the life;

No God any more, or sweating in the dark

About hell and that, or having to hide   

What you think of the priest. He

And his lot will all go down the long slide   

Like free bloody birds. And immediately

Rather than words comes the thought of high windows:   

The sun-comprehending glass,

And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows

Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless.

Related Playlists: Poems ESL Listening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7ReDXIOlVgC1Ci0mGdDWqd ESL Listening Exercises Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7xq-zLjulU2DRTjg2TNmAx https://sites.google.com/view/reading-and-listening-practice

Paper Moon: Movie Review

This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:

https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

and HERE: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2018/12/vlog-scripted-book-reviews-i-ramble-on.html

In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/02/paper-moon.html

Related Playlists:

Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA

Scripted Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x49ts8TV1DbXQo8zN_e65us&si=_gzqGAmaz337NVCP

Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI

Movies I Saw in 2014 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4WRnfM_TDQClWj8OOCg9f_&si=Uu6SYX9o1qm1Ndhc

8 Stars playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6E9mEGW46UNZNnW0C4zHNm

Cheetah: Movie Review

(Movie Reviews--Rewatching)

Cheetah: Movie Review

Related Playlists:

Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA

Movies that I Watched in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4MSFWzU5IicG0H3orcJ1tV&si=7Xu-ASHaL36-7DER

Thoughts after Re-Watching: Movie Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7FpJlwdur1iZDUZJh5xV-u&si=JztauLH1N-x1OaRq

Dick Tracy: America's Most Famous Detective edited by Bill Couch, Jr.: Book Review

 (Book Review--Rereads, Dick Tracy)

Started: February 26, 2026

Dick Tracy: America's Most Famous Detective edited by Bill Couch, Jr.: Book Review

Part 2: Dick Tracy: America's Most Famous Detective edited by Bill Couch, Jr.: Book Review

Links to stuff mentioned:

* My review of the first Dick Tracy volume here: https://youtu.be/SNIiK2H_ggs

* My review of volume 13 here: https://youtu.be/TFSI6SRDA_E

* My review of Volume 15: https://youtu.be/ib5tKpYTeT8

* My review of Volume 16: https://youtu.be/5D_lW0psQdM

* My review of volume 17: https://youtu.be/ga1P1J0YaMs

* My review of volume 18: https://youtu.be/vkB-_o_H8EM

* My review of volume 19: https://youtu.be/BDjBp4H-dbg

* My review of volume 20: https://youtu.be/KJBtPdRiwaY

* My review of volume 21: https://youtu.be/HBu9OM1dLyM

The goodreads review I mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/563430908

Related Playlists:

Dick Tracy Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7MsTIqdx2oSof-kvNCbeVj&si=f151y-QuLV7qPeB9

Graphic Novel Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6NMoYW6CBw6Qj_cqK8DIeb

Book Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7&si=EJ7CG8iO9IouNaYY

Books I Read in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7YYl7seud9ov0n6dtdHzvj&si=iMERlWtiF0Rq2-uy

Rereads Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5dMXnK5v4Yc7a8MF5p32Bx

Dick Tracy: America's Most Famous Detective Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7MWr9MvjYuiaXbYYXEJ7eX&si=5V2TDjEcdWgewPOW

The newest of the Oldest Stories Podcast is out now.  (For my review of the whole series, see here.)

AI and History

Cascade Park (Early Spring / Late Winter)

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Cascade Park (Early Spring / Late Winter)

The snow was all gone, but the temperature was still below freezing.

Address: 3810 Thornapple River Dr SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Cascade Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4WoaXKD7r7tquq2KUQuBjn&si=Hy0GBuPXCEuoZCJE

Peter Martin Wege Theatre

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Peter Martin Wege Theatre

Address: 341 Ellsworth Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Grand Rapids Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x73ypfpMOZfYbKtensuu4B_&si=96WBxbMtcrLrVFp3