Rebecca Howe is a fictional character from the American television sitcom Cheers, played by Kirstie Alley and created by Glen and Les Charles. Rebecca appeared in 147 episodes of "Cheers" between 1987 and 1993 and in one episode of Wings. She debuted in the six-episode season "Home Is the Sailor" after Shelley Long - who plays waiter Diane Chambers - left the show to pursue a film career. Much of the performance humor of the previous season was based on sexual interaction and tension between the female lead, the working class, the bartender Sam Malone, and the upmarket Diane. Rebecca is meant to fill the gap as Sam's new female foil.
From his character debut, Rebecca manages the bar under the company and often rejects Sam's progress. He gradually became neurotic and fell in love with almost every rich man in Boston. With the exception of the late Nicholas Colasanto, Alley is the only member of the regular cast member who never imitates his role in the Frasier spin-off series, even when his character Rebecca is briefly mentioned in the episode, "The Show Where Sam Shows Up".
For her performance as Rebecca, Alley won the Golden Globe Award in 1991 as Best Actress in a Serial or Serial of Music and Emmy Award in 1991 as a Principal Acting Actress in a Comedy Series.
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Roles
Rebecca Howe was first spotted at Cheers as the manager assigned by the new franchise owner of the bar company, Lillian Corporation. The back story element was revealed for several years. He was born in San Diego, one of four children. Rebecca's father (Robert Prosky) is a former Navy man and his mother is a concert cellist. Sister Rebecca, Susan (Marcia Cross) is an actress and former Miss San Diego who has stolen her boyfriends past. Revealed in "The Last Angry Mailman" (1987), Rebecca was nicknamed "Backseat Becky" for her behavior as a party girl while at the University of Connecticut. In his early appearances, Rebecca appeared as a confident, cool, and collected businessman. However, in "The Days of Wine and Neuroses" (1991), Rebecca becomes drunk and confesses her love for Sam. His behavior slowly becomes neurotic as the series progresses and his competent and urgent façade is completely destroyed by the end of the series.
Storylines
When he first met the bartender and the female man Sam Malone (Ted Danson), Rebecca's reaction to him was negative. Sam often tried to seduce him; in his first few years (or several) years at Cheers he always turned down the down payment. In his sixth season (debut season), Rebecca has a crush on her boss, Evan Drake (Tom Skerritt). Throughout the season he tried unsuccessfully to keep Evan watching him until, towards the end of the season, Evan left for Japan and was found to have a lover, so Rebecca decided to let him go. In the seventh season, after Evan's departure, his successor fired Rebecca and promoted Sam to the manager. Rebecca sometimes does the waitress and finally gets her job back. In the eighth season, she dated the millionaire Robin Colcord (Roger Rees), but Sam discovers that he intends to secretly retrieve information from Rebecca's computer to facilitate a corporate takeover, which causes them to break up. Rebecca finally falls in love with Sam after she saved her from Robin's scheme, and after three years of being bullied, they both fucked at Cheers's office, ruining her. Rebecca then confessed to Sam that it was one of the most powerful moments of her life. However, the affair was short-lived because Sam became complacent about it.
In the ninth season, Robin - now a white-collar fugitive - hands himself over to the police and confesses his love to Rebecca. Meanwhile, Sam restores ownership of the bar after shortly after Lillian Corporation shot Rebecca. Sam appointed him as manager. Robin proposed marriage to Rebecca after she was released from prison, and she accepted it. In "Wedding Bell Blues" (1991), she questioned her feelings for Robin after losing most of her fortune. In the next episode "I Got Acting Together and Sticked it on Your Face" (1991), Rebecca licked Robin at their wedding and told her, "I just love you for your money!" Robin abandoned him, taking a $ 6 million deposit hidden in the bar office under Rebecca's desk. Later in the season, Rebecca decides to buy Cheers for herself after John Allen Hill becomes the new owner of a restaurant upstairs. John also has a back room bar. Using money from his father, Rebecca helps Sam buy the back room of Cheers, and both have their own bar.
During the first half of the tenth season, Sam and Rebecca tried to conceive the child, but they realized they had no feelings for each other and then decided to remain friends. Toward the end of the show, Rebecca does not work much, often called by Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman). In the eleventh and last season, Rebecca's cigarettes caused a big fire at Cheers, and she regretted using her life savings to fix the bar. In "Look Before You Sleep" (1993), he was revealed to be the inspector of his apartment building complex. In the second episode behind "The Guy Can not Help It" (1993), Rebecca initially denied the advancement of Don Santry plumber (Tom Berenger), but Frasier ordered him to give Don another chance. For weeks Rebecca and Don dated each other. Sam tries to convince him that he made a big mistake with Don. In the last series, she marries Don and resigns from Cheers to devote more time to her husband and to start a family. At first he regretted the marriage, but when the Don then worked for Boston's sewer department, he became happier with him.
Alley performed as Rebecca briefly in the fourth season episode Wings titled "I Love Brian". In a series episode of the "Frasier" spin-off called "The Show Where Sam Shows Up", Sam visits Frasier and tells him that Don left Rebecca after he made a fortune on that discovery connect with pipes, and Rebecca "back to the bar". When Frasier asks if Sam means he works at Cheers again, Sam replied, "No, he just came back to the bar," and gave a gesture that implied a drink.
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Creating and casting
When Shelley Long - who played Diane Chambers - decided to leave the show in 1987, ending the five-year storyline of Sam and Diane, the creators wanted a new female cast and decided that she would not have blonde hair, would not resemble Long, and not known by television viewers. Kirstie Alley, one of the first actresses to audition for the role of Rebecca Howe, seems to be the ideal choice. Although he meets all the criteria, the producers continue to audition the actress for the piece but nothing is fixed on Alley's portrayal of characters.
According to James Burrows' co-creator and executive producer Diane Chambers, Diane Chambers, the predecessor of Rebecca Howe, was originally conceived as an executive entrepreneur. Eventually, Diane evolved into a diligent and college-educated waitress. After Long's departure, the producers created Rebecca Howe as a business woman, as Diane originally conceived.
Despite concerns about Long's loss, the rankings increased after Alley's debut. Rebecca began as a martinet and a "smart and tough businessman". However, the writers are not happy with the character and do not consider it funny. Writer Ken Levine said, "But in one episode, he had to fail for a reason and hysterically, we realized that the more neurotic, unsafe, and sexually frustrated he was - the more funny he was, so the characters evolved in the direction.
Rebecca has made many mistakes in the company structure. He will be fired by the company, unless he handles Sam's bar properly. He is not a ditz, but he has a neurotic side. He is volatile and eccentric, so when he loses it emotionally, he really loses it. He is strong and in control or there is a way out.
Reception
Popularity
According to a telephone survey of 1,011 people by the Times Mirror Center for People and Press (now Pew Research Center) conducted on 1-4 April 1993, Sam Malone is 26% favorite and Rebecca is a favorite of 6%. Twenty-one percent said Sam had to marry Diane Chambers, 19% said she had to marry Rebecca, 48% wanted her to stay single, and 12% "have no opinion" on the matter. When asked which character to play, 15% chose Sam, 12% chose Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson), 10% chose Norm Peterson (George Wendt), and 29% chose no spin-off. 2% of those asked said Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) - whose own spin-off Frasier made its debut in September 1993 - should have its own show.
According to a 1993 article from People magazine, newspaper columnist Mike Royko chose Diane to marry Sam, novelist Jackie Collins chose Rebecca, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor chose both as Sam's potential partner. Martina Navratilova's tennis player thinks Sam is too good for them. Novelist and archaeologist Clive Cussler says Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman) is "Sam's best bet."
Critical reaction
Steve Craig of the University of North Texas considers Rebecca a parody of femininity for refusing Sam's advance and trying to marry a tycoon. Bill Simmons, who wrote earlier for ESPN, considers him one of his two most favorite characters, along with Lilith Sternin. A syndicated television columnist from Chicago said that in his second season on the show, Rebecca "is nothing more than an annoying presence on a program inhabited by crazy loved ones". J.D. Reed from People call him "neurotic overachiever". Rick Marin of The Washington Times praised Kirstie Alley for bringing life to Rebecca Howe and making Rebecca a sympathetic but hopeful less successful succession, and she brought more physical comedy than Shelley Long.
Bill Carter of The New York Times says Rebecca is "hard-on-the-outside-mush-on-the-inside". Lance Mannion on his blog Typepad says Rebecca wants to be "part of the gang world at Cheers will never be able to join." To be part of the gang, he must submit his opinion that is too high on himself. , as Diane had to do. "Mannion praised Kirstie Alley for comedic comedy and comic scene with Ted Danson in the series Columnist Faye Zuckerman praised Rebecca's" talents "as a character Josh Robertson from the Complex website included Rebecca and Sam at # 13 on list of "The 25 Most Sexual Sitcom Couple of All", said Rebecca "may not be as good as comedy on Cheers , but she is so much more interesting than Diane".
This role resulted in Kirstie Alley, Golden Globe Award in 1991 as Best Actress in Comedy Series or Music. It also earned him an Emmy Award in 1991 as the Main Actress in the Comedy Series.
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References
- Craig, Steve. "Selling Masculinity, Selling Femininity: Some Sex and Television Economy." Mid-Atlantic Almanack 2 (1993): 15-27. Archive Wayback Internet Machine . 1-21. Web. January 14, 2011.
- Harmetz, Alijean. "Changes tap on 'Cheers'." The Ledger [Lakeland, FL] September 23, 1987: 1C. Google News . Web. January 27, 2012. The original article The New York Times
External links
- Gates, Anita (December 20, 1992). "TELEVISION; But Wait, There's Some Life in 'Cheers' Alley". The New York Times . Retrieved August 17, 2010 .
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