New A League of Their Own seri hailed gayt shows ever

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• THEY FALLY MA ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THE REMARKABLE NEW SERI
• D’ARCY CARN PROMIS THE ‘LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ SERI REALLY IS ‘SO GAY’
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THEY FALLY MA ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THE REMARKABLE NEW SERI

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.

”“I [thought], ‘They certaly aren’t gog to have all of them be gay.

D’ARCY CARN PROMIS THE ‘LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ SERI REALLY IS ‘SO 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. But the film is also a landmark tle the history of LGBTQ cema — even if none of s characters are openly gay.

"It's an inic gay film, " nfirms edian Abbi Jabson, who -created and stars Prime Vio's new streamg seri based on the movie. "Like no one's gay, but maybe they are! "Rosie O'Donnell plays an out gay bar owner the TV versn of A League of Their Own.

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The out gay actrs and edian played fan favore third base player, Doris Murphy, the 1992 film and has said over the years that she terpreted her character as gay, even though Marshall reportedly didn't agree. "I thk meant a lot for her to e back and be able to do that, " Graham says of givg O'Donnell the opportuny to play an out gay character three s after the movie. The fact that she was so tegral the gay storyle was ol for , too.

It's a sequence that reveals the harsh reali facg gay men and women at the time, where disvery often rulted public shamg and even vlence. ”“A lot of people who love the movie—gay people, straight people— didn’t dawn on them until they’ve thought of as an adult, ” says D’Arcy Carn (The Good Place), who -stars. “And then they’re like, well, of urse they were gay!