Blanche: Well that solves the mystery. They think Rose is a little kid.
Dorothy: What are we going to do? If she reads that letter to the press she'll humiliate herself.
Blanche: We certainly can't tell those Russians the truth.
Dorothy: Why not?
Blanche: Because they will use it as a propaganda ploy to convince the whole world that all Americans are as dumb as Rose. That would rock the very foundation of our government, undermine our great leaders and potentially topple our entire democracy.
Dorothy: Rocky IV had a profound effect on you, didn't it?