This is one of those movies that gives increased returns with each viewing. Let me try to explain this rationally : Myron (Rex Reed) lets his female alter ego take over by getting a sex change. Though he outwardly becomes Myra (Raquel Welch), Myron still advises her in the quest to conquer the sexes and (parading as Myron's widow) take partial control of his uncle's acting school that was left to him by his aunt. Uncle Buck (John Huston) tries to prevent her/his takeover, and Leticia Van Allen (Mae West) is a hot to trot agent bedding every man in sight. Myra tries to make Rusty (Roger Herran) change his rather limited and homophobic views on sex, while trying to convince his girlfriend Mary Ann (a very young Farrah Fawcet) to mold her with feminist ideals. There are plenty of over the top fantasy sequences and Mae sings "Hard to Handle" with a row of tap dancers in tuxedos behind her. Just take the movie as it is, a swirling kaleidescope of blunders that somehow entertains those of us that worship in the temple of camp.
Review of Myra Breckinridge
