Who doesn't love Rhoda? The show's opening credits say it all. We see Rhoda as she goes about her daily activities in busy Manhattan. Having her photo taken in front of Central Park's Alice in Wonderland statue. Riding a helicopter past the Statue of Liberty to meet her sister, Julie Kavner, for lunch in front of the Seagrams Building (where Marlo Thomas hurried to make an appointment in the opener to That Girl). Painfully bruising her hip on a subway turnstile, and then just missing the train. Crossing Park Avenue traffic and arraying expensive fabrics on a dry, yet filthy, fountain base. Shopping for produce on the Lower East Side. Admiring flowers in a small garden with her sister, Julie Kavner. Fetching coffee and pastries as part of her job. Lunching alone at an outdoor cafe. Struggling to push a garment cart, then having an imaginary conversation with a mannequin in a shop window. Arriving home with her sister, Julie Kavner, to her apartment at 332 E. 84th Street, a co-op which allows rentals. Bicycling on a bridge in Central Park, where the camera pulls back to reveal that Rhoda is just one Rhoda amidst hundreds of thousands of Rhodas in the enormous city.
I wish Rhoda was still with us. As of this writing, Julie Kavner is still with us.
I wish Rhoda was still with us. As of this writing, Julie Kavner is still with us.