>Also, in the Golden Girls, Rose is the resident ditz of the household and is frequently played off as a moron since she didn't graduate high school. However, she turns out to have read the scientific journal used by professional psychologists to diagnose mental disorders back-to-back and can accurately diagnose mental disorders (calling someone out for being detached from reality and calling Blanche a hypersexual bitch, but the last one was an insult) and when Dorothy has a gambling problem, manipulates her int feeling guilty as a means of treating the problem.
One of my favorite examples (I believe this is the same thing) is actually in the first episode of The Golden Palace spinoff. A robber comes into the hotel while Rose is at the front desk. He is asking for her to open the safe and she asks why, the robber tells Rose he has a gun, and she is oblivious to the danger and says she will call the manager so that the robber can put the gun in the safe. The robber gets so frustrated and leaves and Rose calls 911 to report the man. Rose reveals that she knew what was happening the whole time. She was stalling and that some people think she is an idiot.
However it's a double joke, because then it is revealed that Rose called 411 and not 911.
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>Also, in the Golden Girls, Rose is the resident ditz of the household and is frequently played off as a moron since she didn't graduate high school. However, she turns out to have read the scientific journal used by professional psychologists to diagnose mental disorders back-to-back and can accurately diagnose mental disorders (calling someone out for being detached from reality and calling Blanche a hypersexual bitch, but the last one was an insult) and when Dorothy has a gambling problem, manipulates her int feeling guilty as a means of treating the problem.
One of my favorite examples (I believe this is the same thing) is actually in the first episode of The Golden Palace spinoff. A robber comes into the hotel while Rose is at the front desk. He is asking for her to open the safe and she asks why, the robber tells Rose he has a gun, and she is oblivious to the danger and says she will call the manager so that the robber can put the gun in the safe. The robber gets so frustrated and leaves and Rose calls 911 to report the man. Rose reveals that she knew what was happening the whole time. She was stalling and that some people think she is an idiot.
However it's a double joke, because then it is revealed that Rose called 411 and not 911.