JUST ONE OF THE GUYS

1985

DIRECTOR:  LISA GOTTLIEB
WRITERS:  DENNIS FELDMAN (SCREENPLAY AND STORY) AND JEFF FRANKLIN (SCREENPLAY)
ACTORS:  JOYCE HYSER, CLAYTON ROHNER, BILLY JAYNE, TONI HUDSON, AND WILLIAM ZABKA

I LOVE THE EIGHTIES AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IT!  ALTHOUGH THIS FILM AND I SHARE THE SAME BIRTH YEAR, I GREW UP WATCHING IT.  I SUPPOSE MY CONSTANT HAT WEARING AND TOM BOY STYLE IS WHAT ENCOURAGED ME TO VIEW IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.  MOVE OVER, TOOTSIE AND MRS. DOUBTFIRE...GUYS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES CROSS DRESSING NOW! 

JUST ONE OF THE GUYS IS ABOUT A GIRL WHO TRANSFORMS INTO A BOY.  SHE DOES NOT PERFORM THIS TRANSITION TO FULFILL  SEXUAL NEEDS, NOR TO RECEIVE ATTENTION.  THE REASONING BEHIND HER MADNESS IS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR HER WRITING TALENT AS OPPOSED TO HER DELICATE FACE AND CURVY BODY.  

TERI HAS EVERYTHING A HIGH SCHOOLER COULD WANT.  SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL, YET  ASTUTE GIRL WITH A HANDSOME BOYFRIEND.  OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS JUST NOT ENOUGH WHEN SHE REALIZES SHE IS BEING STEREOTYPED BECAUSE OF HER GENDER AND SHORT SKIRTS.  

WHEN TERI ATTEMPTS TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE STATUS OF HER JOURNALISM STORY THAT SHE GAVE TO HER TEACHER TO ENTER INTO A COMPETITION, SHE OVER HEARS HIM DISCUSSING INAPPROPRIATE THINGS ABOUT HER WITH ANOTHER MALE TEACHER.  THIS LEADS HER TO BELIEVE THE ONLY REASON HER STORY WAS NOT CHOSEN IS BECAUSE SHE IS SOLELY LOOKED AT AS A SEX OBJECT.  SO, TERI DOES WHAT MOST EIGHTIES WOMEN WOULD NOT DARE TO EVEN PONDER ABOUT.  SHE TRANSFERS SCHOOLS AND SUBMITS THE SAME PAPER, BUT THIS TIME AS A MALE.  WHEN SHE LEARNS HER STORY STILL LACKS POTENTIAL, SHE MUST THINK OF A NEW IDEA TO SUBMIT WHILE SHE LEARNS HOW TO BLEND IN AS JUST ANOTHER GUY IN THE HALLWAYS.  

OBVIOUSLY, IT IS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN JUST A DEEPER VOICE  FOR TERI TO DISENGAGE HERSELF FROM ALL HER FEMININITY IN ORDER TO KEEP HER "TITS" A SECRET.   TERI CONFIDES IN HER YOUNGER BROTHER WHO IS AN OBNOXIOUS AND HORNY VIRGIN ON THE HUNT FOR HIS FIRST PIECE OF...ACTION.  WITH HIS HELP, TERI LEARNS TO TALK, WALK, AND EVEN SCRATCH HER BALLS LIKE A MAN.  SHE ALSO HAS TO GET CREATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO "SKINS VS SHIRTS" IN GYM CLASS, AVOIDING GIRLS WHO WANT TO TOUCH HER PACKAGE, AND OUTWITTING HER MACHO NEMESIS.  WILLIAM ZABKA PLAYS THE BULLY AND HE IS THE SAME DICK HEAD CHARACTER HE WAS IN THE KARATE KID.  

OF COURSE I FAVOR THIS MOVIE BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED OF HAVING THE ABILITY TO PEE STANDING UP, BUT WITH ALL BALLS, I MEAN JOKING ASIDE,  ITS CORE WILL CRACK EVERYBODY UP, REGARDLESS OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY!  

I MET JOYCE HYSER AT A MONSTER MANIA MOVIE CONVENTION IN CHERRY HILL, NJ.  SHE IS AWESOME TO SAY THE LEAST, AND MY LOVE FOR HER ABSOLUTELY SKY ROCKETED WHEN SHE AGREED TO DO MY SUGGESTED POSE FOR OUR PICTURE!  HER DOWN TO EARTH PERSONALITY AND GENUINE LOVE FOR PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN THROUGH HER FACEBOOK PAGE.  YEAH THAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE FACEBOOK FRIENDS;)