The Birdcage, of course, is a very recent example (though it is an American adaptation of LaCage, it is valid in its own right.) Bringing Up Baby has an extended scene in which Katherine Hepburn's character has stolen Cary Grant's character's clothes while he was showering and he is forced to put on her frilly robe and slippers, subsequently encountering several new characters in this condition and trying to explain himself. Since the female characters are the stronger, more aggressive ones in this film, while the Grant character is rather passive, reticent, straight-laced and naive, it does involve a version of role reversal. Many other films, of course, toy with this idea, particularly those in the screwball comedy genre, such as Adam's Rib. Oh, and there's also Victor Victoria, among recent cross-dressing films--a woman posing as a man posing as a woman (reminiscent of Shakespeare in that, though again reversed.) ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]