It also carves out substantial space to represent the Black athletes who were excluded from women’s baseball when the League formed in 1943, four years before Jackie Robinson broke the MLB color barrier. (Maybelle Blair, a 95-year-old former player who consulted on the series, just came out as gay this past June.) It highlights misogynistic details the movie glossed over and offers a glimpse into the experiences of white-passing Latinas in the sport. 12, the historical dramedy from co-creators Will Graham ( Mozart in the Jungle) and Broad City star Abbi Jacobson-one presumably aimed at the grown-ups who cherished the film as kids-takes pains to do right by the many queer women on the AAGPBL’s roster. A new Amazon series, also titled A League of Their Own, answers that question with relish.
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