The Amazon Prime remake of A League of Their Own has been hailed a roarg succs and one of the "gayt shows ever".
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- THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN WAS TWO THIRDS GAY, SHAR 95-YEAR-OLD MAYBELLE BLAIR
- D’ARCY CARN PROMIS THE ‘LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ SERI REALLY IS ‘SO GAY’
- THEY FALLY MA ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THE REMARKABLE NEW SERI
THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN WAS TWO THIRDS GAY, SHAR 95-YEAR-OLD MAYBELLE BLAIR
In June, 95-year-old former ball player Maybelle Blair me out publicly as gay. At a panel for the A League of Their Own seri at Framele, she shared about queer life the league. * who is gay in league of their own *
The show, which is helmed by “Broad Cy” -creator Abbi Jabson, has spawned a kd of grassroots, word-of-mouth marketg mpaign led by queer women exaltg the show for s unapologetic gayns, tersectnal storytellg and much-need sense of humor. While none of their characters were explicly gay, the film still beme a queer touchstone for more than one generatn of moviegoers. ”“There’s a batch of ‘90s movi that a lot of queer women say ma them gay, ” Bernard said wh a lgh, “like ‘Fried Green Tomato, ’ ‘Girl, Interpted, ’ ‘The Craft, ’ ‘Now and Then, ’ and ‘Foxfire.
Even O’Donnell mak a brief appearance as the owner of the players’ favore unrground gay bar.
“We were, like, ‘Oh, my God, and she’s gay, too.
D’ARCY CARN PROMIS THE ‘LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ SERI REALLY IS ‘SO GAY’
”“I [thought], ‘They certaly aren’t gog to have all of them be gay. ”Many people on social media echoed Bernard’s sentiments spoof reactn vios, D’Arcy Carn-themed mem and posts scribg the show as “gay gay gay. An origal player the AAGPBL — the spiratn for "A League of Their Own" — me out as gay.
THEY FALLY MA ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THE REMARKABLE NEW SERI
For many years, she "thought she was the only gay person the world, " acrdg to Adweek's Mollie Cahillane.
When Maybelle Blair joed the women's baseball league that spired the film and TV seri A League of Their Own, she wonred if she'd be the only gay woman there. "Out of 650, I bet you 400 was gay" the All-Amerin Girls Profsnal Baseball League, Blair said at a recent screeng of the Amazon Studs seri at the Framele San Francis Internatnal LGBTQ+ Film Ftival. Blair, who was a pcher for the league's Peoria Redwgs 1948 and later played pro softball, me out publicly when the seri premiered at the Tribe Film Ftival days before the Framele reunted that when she fell love wh a girl high school, "I thought we were the only two the world that were gay.