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...first interview took place in broad daylight, with Raquel in a voluminous caftan, drinking Gatorade and complaining nonstop about the problems of being a modern sex goddess." Despite that somewhat disappointing start, Larsen spent the better part of two weeks with Raquel, observing her on the set of Myra Breckinridge, interviewing her in her dressing room and back home. He found her refreshingly pleasant and outgoing. So did Mark Goodman, who wrote this week's story and recently flew out to Los Angeles to gather his own impressions over three days with Raquel and her husband and friends...
...class Ozark Air Lines seat. At first the package was too bulky to get the seat belt around, so Gallo was obliged to unwrap it. That caused quite a stir on the plane. "The hostesses came on the intercom," says Gallo, "and announced that they were pleased to have Myra Breckinridge on the flight with them today...
...Myra Breckinridge, whom no man will ever possess. Clad only in garter belt and one dress shield, I held off the entire elite of the Trobriand Islanders, a race who possess no words for "why" or "because." I am the New Woman whose astonishing history is a poignant amalgam of vulgar dreams and knife-sharp realities. Soon, by an extreme gesture, I shall cease altogether to be human and become legend like Jesus, Buddha, Cybele...
...have followed the William Buckley-Gore Vidal fight [Sept. 12] for over a year. There is a solution! If Raquel Welch and Rex Reed resign their roles as Myra and Myron Breckinridge, 20th Century-Fox could then hire Buckley and Vidal to take their roles. It would be up to the moviegoer to decide which of the two was playing Myra and which was playing Myron. MICHAEL L. WAYNE Los Angeles...
...movie is anything like the cast, it ought to be a winner. With Raquel Welch, Mae West and John Huston already in the fold, 20th Century-Fox has just signed smart-set chronicler and film critic Rex Reed for a "starring role" in Myra Breckinridge. Reed wants everyone to know that he is not -repeat not-playing gay young Myron Breckinridge, who goes under the knife to emerge as Raquel Welch. His part now calls for a young writer who is Myra's "alter ego." Rex thinks the experience will help him as a critic and" is not afraid...