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Myra's ultimate goal is [[MissingStepsPlan to save humanity from itself by destroying the entire concept of traditional masculinity, thus bringing about gender equality]]. She plans to do this by [[ReallyGetsAround sleeping with a lot of people]]. Myra's unlikely partner-in-crime is...Myron, a mental manifestation of her former self. The two of them have already lined up Myra's first test subjects: Rusty, a young, hunky, clueless would-be actor, and his sweet, submissive girlfriend Mary Ann, who together represent the very binary Myra believes is the root of all human misery.

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Myra's ultimate goal is [[MissingStepsPlan to save humanity from itself by destroying the entire concept of traditional masculinity, thus bringing about gender equality]]. She plans to do this by [[ReallyGetsAround sleeping with a lot of people]]. Myra's unlikely partner-in-crime is... Myron, a mental manifestation of her former self. The two of them have already lined up Myra's first test subjects: Rusty, a young, hunky, clueless would-be actor, and his sweet, submissive girlfriend Mary Ann, who together represent the very binary Myra believes is the root of all human misery.
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* EasySexChange / MagicPlasticSurgery: From Rex Reed into Raquel Welch.

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* EasySexChange / MagicPlasticSurgery: From Rex Reed into Raquel Welch. Justified, though, as [[spoiler:It was AllJustADream]].
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In reality, it's [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a psychedelic rollercoaster]] full of random public-domain movie clips, musical numbers, costume changes, over-the-top stereotypes, and a questionable grasp of how gender and sexuality (not to mention ''human beings'') actually work. A legendary box-office flop, creator Gore Vidal [[DisownedAdaptation later disowned it]], [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain the cast won't talk about it]], and lead actress Raquel Welch once commented, "The only good thing about it was the clothes."

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In reality, it's [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs a psychedelic rollercoaster]] rollercoaster full of random public-domain movie clips, musical numbers, costume changes, over-the-top stereotypes, and a questionable grasp of how gender and sexuality (not to mention ''human beings'') actually work. A legendary box-office flop, creator Gore Vidal [[DisownedAdaptation later disowned it]], [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain the cast won't talk about it]], and lead actress Raquel Welch once commented, "The only good thing about it was the clothes."
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* AnythingThatMoves: Part of Myra's plan for world domination involves seducing people of all genders in order to break down walls between the sexes.
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Myra's ultimate goal is [[MissingStepsPlan to save humanity from itself by destroying the entire concept of traditional masculinity, thus bringing about gender equality]]. She plans to do this by [[AnythingThatMoves sleeping with a lot of people]]. Myra's unlikely partner-in-crime is...Myron, a mental manifestation of her former self. The two of them have already lined up Myra's first test subjects: Rusty, a young, hunky, clueless would-be actor, and his sweet, submissive girlfriend Mary Ann, who together represent the very binary Myra believes is the root of all human misery.

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Myra's ultimate goal is [[MissingStepsPlan to save humanity from itself by destroying the entire concept of traditional masculinity, thus bringing about gender equality]]. She plans to do this by [[AnythingThatMoves [[ReallyGetsAround sleeping with a lot of people]]. Myra's unlikely partner-in-crime is...Myron, a mental manifestation of her former self. The two of them have already lined up Myra's first test subjects: Rusty, a young, hunky, clueless would-be actor, and his sweet, submissive girlfriend Mary Ann, who together represent the very binary Myra believes is the root of all human misery.

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* AdaptedOut: In the book, one of Myra's colleagues at the academy is the lesbian teacher Miss Cluff. She also became acquainted with a hippy called Clem, whose orgiastic parties she attended. Both are unaccounted for in the movie (although the scene where Myra is singing in a bathtub at a party does come from one of Clem's parties in the book).



* LameComeback: When Buck and Charlie Flagler Jr. accuse Myra of having never been married to Myron, she says she'll bring a witness to prove her case. Thus, this exchange:
-->'''Myra:''' I trust his word will be sufficient. ''(turns and leaves)''\\
'''Charlie:''' ''(shouting after her)'' Let me make it perfectly clear that it... might.



* MindScrew: The entire movie is very bizarre and doesn't have much of a coherent plot.

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* MindScrew: The entire movie is very bizarre and doesn't have much of a coherent plot.plot (some of this is because it leaves out a lot of context from the book).



* TheMovieBuff: Myra is fascinated with Old Hollywood movies and extremely knowledgeable about cinema.



* ScrewYourself: Myra kisses Myron and goes down on him. Then Myron has a fantasy about Mary Ann and Myra seemingly vanishes while Myron masturbates. (Note that nothing like this is in the book.)



* ThatManIsDead: Myra about Myron. He's a very lively ghost, though.

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* ThatManIsDead: Aside from Myra about Myron.pretending to be Myron's widow to fool Buck, Myra genuinely thinks of her pre-op self Myron as a separate person who died, and from whom she emerged. He's a very lively ghost, though.
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* CorruptHick: Uncle Buck, though he isn't quite corrupt as he is just plain sleazy.
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* SobriquetSexSwitch: After undergoing a sex change, Myron becomes Myra.
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* DirtyOldWoman: Leticia Van Allen (It's Creator/MaeWest, what the hell do you expect?)
* TheDitz: Mary Ann.
* DumbMuscle: Rusty.

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* DirtyOldWoman: Leticia Van Allen keeps a king-sized bed as a casting couch for the hot young men who step into her office. (It's Creator/MaeWest, what the hell do you expect?)
* TheDitz: Mary Ann.
Ann is sweet and trusting, but not exactly bright.
* DumbMuscle: Rusty.Rusty comes off as a man's man, but turns out to be incredibly gullible.

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