Myra Breckinridge (1970)

John Carradine: Surgeon

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• [first lines] 

  Myron : [sings to himself]  A secret place known to none but me. And in my secret place, you can beg and torture me. I wouldn't tell you where to go. 'Cause in my secret place, secret place, a secret you know. Secret place, a secret you know.

  [Surgeon enters to applause] 

  Surgeon : You realize, once we cut it off, it won't grow back. I mean, it isn't like hair, or fingernails, or toenails, you know.

  Myron : What do you think I am, some kind of idiot? I know that!

  Surgeon : [shrugs]  Eh - how about circumcision? It'd be cheaper.

  Myron : Come on, come on, come on, let's get it over with, Myra's waiting!

  Surgeon : [shrugs]  We'll have to blow up your tits with silicone.

  Myron : I thought they used paraffin.

  Surgeon : No, that would make them inflammable. You wouldn't want inflammable tits, now, do you?

  Myron : [sighs, then sings]  I got a secret place known to none but me. And in my secret...

  Surgeon : [Indistinct]  Cleaver.

  [Clear] 

  Surgeon : I mean scalpel.

  Myron : Well, I should think so.

  Surgeon : Well, wish me luck. I've never done one of these before.

  Myron : [sings]  You can beg and torture me. I wouldn't care.

  [applause]