“A League of Their Own is such a gay film and not gay at all, simultaneously,” laughs Abbi Jacobson. The Penny Marshall-directed sports dramedy, telling a fictionalised account of the real life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, has been reclaimed as a queer cult classic since its 1992 release due to its sapphic themes and subversion of traditional gender roles. Queer awakenings sparked by Madonna’s tough-as-nails centre field Mae Mordabito and Rosie O’Donnell’s butch, third base bouncer Doris Murphy, as well as the iconic scene of Geena Davis’ Dottie Hinson effortlessly catching a baseball with her bare hand, have all contributed to its enduring queer legacy. While the film respectably tackled issues pertaining to sexism, gender and exclusion, it didn’t authentically honour the behind-the-scenes queerness of the league. With Prime Video’s new reimagining, Jacobson - who stars and co-created the series with Will Graham - is aiming to change that.
“Will and I are both queer,
