Abbi Jacobson Slammed People Hating On Her Diverse Reboot Of ‘A League Of Their Own’: ‘Representation Matters So Much’

Abbi Jacobson Slammed People Hating On Her Diverse Reboot Of ‘A League Of Their Own’: ‘Representation Matters So Much’

Uproxx - News·2022-08-16 12:04

A League of Their Own was pretty progressive for 1992. The film told the story of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), which helped keep the nation’s favorite pasttime alive while many male ball players were overseas fighting in World War II. It was enthusiastically pro-woman. It was also pretty white and pretty straight. The Abbi Jacobson-led TV reboot on Amazon fixes that, adding people of color and queer characters. But some people aren’t having it.

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