All the way back in 1986, Blanche, Sophia, Rose and Dorothy had a gay friend named Jean. While the friend of Dorothy’trope originated from Judy Garland Wizard of Oz character of the same name being hailed as a gay icon, this Dorothy did also help bring love and light to the queer community.
Dorothy clocked Jean as a lesbian back when the girls were in college, saying Jean is a nice person. She happens to like girls instead of guys. Some people like cats instead of dogs. Frankly, I’d rather live with a lesbian than a cat unless the lesbian sheds, that I dont know
That, however, isn’t the lesbian joke we’re talking about, though it is also hilarious .The one which permeated pop culture all the way up until it was hijacked by Ryan Murphy for Santana in Glee, is the classic mix up of the words lesbian and Lebanese. Comedy gold.
During the episode in which the joke comes up, Dorothy tells Sophia that Jean is in love with Rose .The girls start laughing, which wakes up Blanche, and leads to the iconic conversation below:
Blanche: What is going on?
Sophie and Dorothy: Nothing!
Blanche: Come on, I heard you laughing. What’s so funny?
Sophia: For starters, Jean is a lesbian.
Blanche: What’s funny about that?
Sophia: You aren’t surprised?
Blanche: Of course not! I mean, I haven’t known any personally, but isn’t Danny Thomas one?
Dorothy: Not Lebanese, Blanche! LES-BIA-N.
Blanche: Lesbian. Lesbian. (gasps) LESBIAN.
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