A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN Thirty years after its release, Penny Marshall's movie A League of Their Own remains a beloved family classic, and for good reason. But as it's aged, it's become more noticeable that the original-save for one scene ignores the experience of Black women and sidesteps the idea that any player (even one played by Rosie O'Donnell) might be anything but straight.
Still, the movie's enduring popularity made it ripe for a reboot, one that features a little more edge and a wider scope than the original. Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham have created a series for Amazon Prime that features two equally powerful story lines. One focuses on the members of the all-white Rockford Peaches-their play on the field as well as their romantic entanglements, many of which are intrasquad.
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