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...probably everyone in the world but a few Tibetan monks knows by now, the story concerns a Myron who becomes a Myra after a transsexual operation. He-she determines to conquer Hollywood and devastate mankind. After Myron (Rex Reed) opens the proceedings by having himself castrated, Raquel Welch takes over as Myra. With Myron tagging along as her altered ego, she then lights out for Hollywood to claim half of an acting school owned by Myron's uncle, Buck Loner (John Huston). Once she implants herself as a teacher there, she decides to initiate her program of conquest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Some Sort of Nadir | 7/6/1970 | See Source »

...here to set everyone's gorge agurgling. There is Mae West, grinding her ancient hips in a grotesque parody of bygone eroticism; her entire accomplishment consists of dreary one-liners about bed and phalli. There is John Huston, demeaning himself as the slob-gutted, sagebrush sybarite. There is Rex Reed, whose debut as an actor is on a par with the best line the scriptwriter could give him to scream: "Where are my tits?" There is Raquel herself, who wanders about in virtual unemployment, spouting pendulous philosophy á la Vidal and a lot of pointlessly dirty words. She struggles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Some Sort of Nadir | 7/6/1970 | See Source »

...Rex Reed, Journalist and Actor

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Essay: Jun. 29, 1970 | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

...Roda, John O'Grady, Rex Blankenship, and Dave Smith took turns the rest of the season, but none of them was able to show the consistency necessary for a team to get points. Harvard's passing attack became even more of a laughing stock than it had been (while talented ends Bruce Freeman and Pete Varney had to get their kicks from blocking), and the running simply wasn't good enough to make...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: The Yovicsin Years: Good, Better, Worst | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

...Roda, John O'Grady, Rex Blankenship, and Dave Smith took turns the rest of the season, but none of them was able to show the consistency necessary for a team to get points. Harvard's passing attack became even more of a laughing stock than it had been (while talented ends Bruce Freeman and Pete Varney had to get their kicks from blocking), and the running simply wasn't good enough to make...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: The Yovicsin Years: Good, Better, Worst | 6/11/1970 | See Source »

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