yes Kim C, I was aware of that, I did watch it. In the film it adds a second degree--a woman playing a man playing a woman, so the historical basis seems a little beside the point. And Leonardo painted himself as a woman in the Mona Lisa--a deep notion recently reprised about a different painter and a different picture. I used to have a handy list, but one forgets.

   Romeo and the Pirate captain's daughter, haw! Oh, stop! Yer killin' me! The parody of psychoanalysis was a hoot, too. The sweetest part was his relationship with his wife and son, I thought. If you did hokey pointless stuff like that about real people who were great in any field but arts, everyone would throw up.