According to the director/cast commentary on the DVD, there were no actual women performing in the film. All female characters, including extras and the models for the magazine covers of Cher and Madonna, are performed by men in drag.
The film cost $400,000 to make.
During Varla's commercial for "Bizzy Gal Dinner's Ready" dinners, the complete warning reads: "Bizzy Gal Dinner's Ready is sold as a novelty item and is not intended for human consumption. Side effects of ingestion can included cancer, bleeding, enlargement of the heart, and second degree burns along the rectal cavity resulting in irreversible incontinence. Neither Bizzy Gal Dinner's Ready nor it's parent company Overlord Conglomerates, is responsible for any injuries caused by the use, abuse or failure to use our products. Bizzy Gal Dinner's Ready resulted in the injury or death of 100 of 100 laboratory animals tested. Users of Bizzy Gal Dinner's Ready acknowledge through their use of said product, awareness of these deaths and the fact that these deaths were protracted and excruciatingly painful. Ingestion of Bizzy Gal Dinner's Ready is consider an act of suicide and is therefore illegal in California, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and the European Union. Bizzy Gal Dinner's Ready contains trace elements of plutonium and as such is classified as raw weapons material under Pentagon Rule 3."