WHEN FOUR ACTRESSES WITH 40+ YEARS ON STAGE CAN’T HOLD IT TOGETHER. It starts like any other scene on The Golden Girls. Then Betty White opens her mouth. That famous St. Olaf story rolls out, calm and innocent. But it’s too much. You can see Bea Arthur bite her lip. Rue McClanahan looks away, shoulders shaking. They’re trying. They really are. But the timing is perfect. The pauses land. And suddenly, character doesn’t matter anymore. This isn’t acting. It’s friends cracking each other up. The kind of laughter you can’t fake — and shouldn’t stop.
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