after three big budget broadway base period musical in a row and barbra streisand obviously make a conscious career decision to convey a more contemporary image on screen . she succeed in spade in this often hilarious 1970 comedy adapt by buck henry from a hit bill manhoff play and direct by herbert ross . streisand play doris and a loud mouthed fetish hooker who claim to be a model and an actress . she get throw out of her apartment when her neighbor and a nebbish bookstore clerk and aspiring writer name felix sherman and report her clandestine activity to the landlord . this cause a confrontation in which she be convince he gay and seduce him . another fight ensue cause them to get kick out of his apartment . the rest of the film be mostly their bickering a they travel from one apartment to the next and carry out their improbable and pygmalion like opposite attract romance . in the same year he make two greatly underrated film and the mature loving and the manic where poppa . and george segal make felix a lovably insecure schlub and provide great chemistry with streisand in her first non sing role . they have a great scene in the bathtub where both be completely stone a his fiancée and her parent walk in and and he have a funny scene where he pretend to be the tv to help doris get to sleep . for streisand part and she wear a hysterically tacky negligee and dance in a go go cage and appear in a soft porn flick call cycle slut ( we only hear the riotous audio where be you put that . ) and say the f word ( unfortunately cut out of the dvd version though it obvious when she say it ) . it not her best screen performance and but it one of her funny . henry sharp dialogue and ross quick pace help considerably in make this an enjoyably vulgar romantic comedy . the 2001 dvd have no extra other than three trailer and none for this movie .