History Film / MyraBreckinridge

* {{Transgender}}: Myra.

Myra's ultimate goal is 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.

* VisualPun: While Myra rapes Rusty, the stock footage shows a clip of dockworkers literally [[SexualEuphemism laying plank]]. This is probably the funniest of many, many such jokes used in the film.

* AllJustADream: It's strongly suggested through the scenes at the start and at the end with Myron in the hospital that Myra's life—complete with Myron's own sporadic pop-ups as her alter ego, the last of which was him running her over in order to [[DyingAsYourself die as himself]]—was all a dream of Myron's prior to a sex change surgery that presumably didn't take. This is honestly the least unfortunate and terrifying interpretation of the story, and Rex Reed wouldn't play the part otherwise.

A 1970 film [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel of the same name]] by Creator/GoreVidal, it stars Creator/RaquelWelch and Rex Reed, along with Creator/MaeWest and Creator/JohnHuston.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In the novel, [[spoiler:Myra is injured in a car accident, has to have her breasts removed, and ends up reverting to her life as Myron and living in a SexlessMarriage with Mary Ann.]] Myron's actor Rex Reed refused to portray this ending and it changed to the AllJustADream resolution of the film.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality / VillainProtagonist: Myra is a seductive, manipulative, blackmailing, sex-maniacal sadist. It's unclear which of the two tropes she is, but she's gotta be one of them.

* StockFootage: Old movie clips appear often, many times for comedy's sake. Many of the depicted people complained and sued about this, and the White House downright asked for the removal of a Creator/ShirleyTemple clip given she was now an U.S. embassador.

Mousy, neurotic Myron Breckinridge (Reed) secretly receives gender-reassignment surgery in Copenhagen and returns to Hollywood as the glamorous, charismatic Myra (Welch). Posing as her own widow, Myra Breckinridge goes to her Uncle Buck's acting school, claiming that Myron is dead and that she is owed half the school and a huge inheritance. To pacify her while he verifies her claims, Buck gives Myra a teaching position. But Myra has bigger plans.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Part of Myra's plan for world domination involves seducing people of all genders in order to break down walls between the sexes.

* AllJustADream: It's strongly suggested through the scenes at the start and at the end with Myron in the hospital that Myra's life—complete with Myron's own sporadic pop-ups as her alter ego, the last of which was him running her over only for her to [[DyingAsYourself die as himself]]—was all a dream of Myron's prior to a sex change surgery that presumably didn't take. This is honestly the least unfortunate and terrifying interpretation of the story, and Rex Reed wouldn't play the part otherwise.

Mousy, neurotic Myron Breckinridge (Reed) secretly receives gender-reassignment surgery in Copenhagen and returns to Hollywood as the glamorous, charismatic Myra (Welch). Posing as her own widow, Myra Breckinridge goes to her Uncle Buck's acting school, claiming that Myron is dead and that she is owed half the school and a huge inheritance. To pacify her while he verifies her claims, Buck gives Myra a teaching position. But Myra has much, much bigger plans.

Mousy, neurotic Myron Breckinridge (Reed) secretly receives gender-reassignment surgery in Copenhagen and returns to Hollywood as the glamorous, charismatic Myra (Welch). Posing as her own widow, Myra Breckinridge goes to her Uncle Buck's acting school, claiming that Myron is dead and that she is owed half the school and a huge inheritance. To pacify her while he verifies her claims, Buck gives Myra a job teaching etiquette. But Myra has much, much bigger plans.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Myra attempt to seduce Mary Ann as part of her plan to TakeOverTheWorld, only to be thwarted in the simplest possible way: Mary Ann is straight. Ironically, Mary Ann tries to let her down sweetly by saying that Myra is exactly the sort of person she'd fall for if only Myra was a man.

Myra's ultimate goal is to save humanity from itself by destroying the entire concept of traditional masculinity, thus bringing about gender equality. She plans to do this by [[EveryoneHasLotsOfSex 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.

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 [[DisownedAdapation 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."

Mousy, neurotic Myron Breckinridge (Reed) secretly receives gender-reassignment surgery in Copenhagen and returns to Hollywood as the glamorous, charismatic Myra. Posing as her own widow, Myra Breckinridge goes to her Uncle Buck's acting school, claiming that Myron is dead and that she is owed half the school and a huge inheritance. To pacify her while he verifies her claims, Buck gives Myra a job teaching etiquette. But Myra has much, much bigger plans.

A 1970 film [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel of the same name]] by Creator/GoreVidal. Stars Creator/RaquelWelch and Rex Reed, along with Creator/MaeWest and Creator/JohnHuston.

The titular character is a transgender woman played by Welch. After her successful gender-reassignment surgery, Myra heads out to Hollywood to claim her uncle's estate.

* CampGay: Irving, who wears make up and jewelry.

'''Leticia Van Allen:''' Well, never mind about the 6 feet, lets talk about the 7 inches.

* IncompatibleOrientation: Mary Ann and Myra.

* TakeOverTheWorld: Part of the motive for Myra's reassignment surgery is that she plans [[InsaneTrollLogic to singlehandedly destroy the very concept of gender by sleeping with everyone,]] thus bringing equality to the sexes. Or something.
* ThatManIsDead: Myra about Myron. He's a very lively ghost, though.

* TakeOverTheWorld: Part of the reason for Myra's reassignment surgery is that she plans [[InsaneTrollLogic to singlehandedly restore equality between the sexes by sleeping with everyone,]] thus making both men and women question the concept of gender.

* AndYouWereThere: Part of the All Just A Dream ending above. [[Spoiler:Myron awakes after his accident to find that his alter-ego Myra was inspired by a magazine cover of the real Raquel Welch and that Mary Ann is his nurse.]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: Myra.
* BlackComedyRape
* {{Blackmail}}: Myra blackmails Rusty into letting her "exam" him. She also blackmails Uncle Buck into giving her the job in the first place by pretending Myron is her late husband.

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* ThatManIsDead: Myra about Myron.

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Myra, when she lifts up her skirt and drops her panties in front of Uncle Buck and his lawyers, declaring "Gentlemen…I am Myron Breckinridge!"
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead

A 1970 film [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel of the same name]] by Creator/GoreVidal. Stars Raquel Welch and Rex Reed, along with Creator/MaeWest and Creator/JohnHuston.

* CastingCouch

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Myra, when she lifts up her skirt to Uncle Buck and his lawyers and declares "Gentlemen…I am Myron Breckinridge!"

* {{Transsexual}}: Myra.

A 1970 [[TheFilmOfTheBook film based on the book]] ''Myra Breckinridge'' by Creator/GoreVidal. Stars Raquel Welch and Rex Reed, along with Creator/MaeWest and Creator/JohnHuston.

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