Colin McEvoy, Tim Ott Sometimes, societal change comes in the aftermath of powerful street protests. Other times, it comes accompanied by horns, dancers, and outrageous costumes in a spectacle worthy of an end-of-times bonanza. The latter illustrates the simultaneously real and surreal 1973 matchup known as the “Battle of the Sexes” between tennis Hall of Famers Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs .