After I wrote A Short History of Sophia's Purse I started doing research for an essay about the "72 Hours" episode of The Golden Girls. There are already some great articles out there about it, and Jim Colucci's chapter in Golden Girls Forever is particularly illuminating. In trying to write about just what makes that …
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A Brief History of Sophia’s Purse
Picture it... A purse to inspire a thousand stories about Sicily in 1922 and life lessons as only Sophia could tell them! Believe it or not, Estelle Getty purchased what would become her character's signature accessory at a thrift shop. She went on to carry the purse in almost every episode of the show, and …