Abbi Jacobson

Parting Shot

- By H. Alan Scott

Using a beloved film like a league of their own as source material for a new Amazon Prime series of the same name comes with more than just anxiety, as co-creator and star Abbi Jacobson is acutely feeling now. "This is people's favorite f**king movie. There's so much pressure." Not based on the film, the dramedy (August 12) explores a more diverse set of stories about the women who made up the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1943. "It was really important to us to get to tell those stories that were missing from the film, but also try to maintain the spirit and the energy." The show explores the queerness of some of the players, the stories of Black women denied entry into the league and the treatment of La