{"id":2113303,"date":"2025-10-24T18:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2113303"},"modified":"2025-10-24T18:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:13:18","slug":"boots-creator-on-connection-the-corps-the-pentagons-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/boots-creator-on-connection-the-corps-the-pentagons-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Boots\u2019 Creator on Connection, the Corps &#038; the Pentagon\u2019s Reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ahh-ten-shun! That\u2019s exactly what <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/netflix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Netflix<\/a>\u2018s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/?search=boots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Boots<\/em><\/a> has been generating since it dropped on the streamer back on October 9th, and <em>nearly<\/em> all of it has been positive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In fact, the gay coming-of-age dramedy based on Greg Cope White\u2019s fascinating memoir, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pink-Marine-Journey-Through-Bootcamp\/dp\/0997285710?tag=tvinsider00-20\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Pink Marine;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Pink Marine<\/em><\/a>, shot to the No. 2 spot on Netflix\u2019s weekly Top 10 list in its second week, with 9.4 million views\u2026 a whopping double of the previous week\u2019s views of 4.7 million.\u00a0 It\u2019s currently at No. 6, has a 90% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and has been hailed for its immense heart, smarts, and excellent casting by critics around the world.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Liam Oh as Ray McAffey and Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope in\u00a0<em>Boots<\/em> \/ Netflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The show does have one detractor, though. Apparently, the \u201990s-set, eight-part series about closeted teen Cameron Cope (the excellent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/miles-heizer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miles Heizer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miles Heizer<\/a>) who impulsively joins the Marines along with his best friend (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/liam-oh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Liam Oh;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Liam Oh<\/a>) and endures the horrors of boot camp \u2014 this is pre-Don\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell, when it was actually <em>illegal<\/em> to be gay in the military \u2014 crinkled the crinolines of the folks at the real-life Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Right after the show blew up, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson sent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/pentagon-slams-netflix-gay-military-drama-boots-11831105\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> a statement slamming Netflix\u2019s habit of creating content they deemed soft.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.2SUWbaJNcpXim72_rDoNw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tv_insider_639\/a675079cb967e8a5e0d9a5196bfd71a8\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nicholas Logan as Sgt. Howitt, Brandon Tyler Moore as Cody Bowman, and Blake Burt as John Bowman in\u00a0<em>Boots<\/em> \/ Alfonso \u201cPompo\u201d Bresciani \/ Netflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After declaring that the U.S. military is \u201cgetting back to restoring the warrior ethos\u201d and that their \u201cstandards across the board are elite, uniform, and sex neutral because the weight of a rucksack or a human being doesn\u2019t care if you\u2019re a man, a woman, gay, or straight,\u201d Wilson\u2019s statement then went on to criticize Netflix as having \u201cleadership [that] consistently produces and feeds woke garbage to their audience and children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI can\u2019t speak to the controversy or what the Pentagon thinks about the show,\u201d sounds off creator and co-showrunner Andy Parker, who chooses to focus on <em>Boots<\/em>\u00a0slaying the house down, to TV Insider. \u201cFor me, what is exciting to see is just how many people are responding to the show. That level of response and connection has been incredible. And to be honest with you, not something that I anticipated. I knew the show would find an audience. I think it has a voice and an emotion and an appeal to people\u2019s humanity that I think people are really hungry for right now. But I truly did not expect this kind of response.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/2..AovVKw9IM3KEXpDO89g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tv_insider_639\/85309e580036ca402a1de4a5b3482eea\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope and Max Parker as Sgt. Sullivan in\u00a0<em>Boots<\/em> \/ Patti Perret \/ Netflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Parker is equally excited to note that the show, which is also the final project from the late Norman Lear, is resonating not just with queer viewers: \u201cWhat\u2019s encouraging to me is to hear responses from so many different kinds of people, from people who\u2019ve served in the military, from civilians who have no connection to the military or never thought that they would have an interest in a story about this world\u2026 for all these different kinds of people to be finding a connection to the show is encouraging to me because what we were setting out to do was tell a universal story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYeah, it\u2019s about a gay kid who joins the military in 1990. That is the headline that I think some people are impulsively reacting to,\u201d he admits. \u201cBut I think what is underneath <em>that<\/em> story is this universal story [about] all of these other guys that Cameron meets along the way of transformation, experiencing obstacles and finding connections with people you didn\u2019t think you would have. There\u2019s a hopeful message in that there about our resilience and our opportunity as a country to find a connection again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/lHte.guR2DXM5oT_Wk8WFg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tv_insider_639\/6caebe045580e2c10e3a7ffaff608962\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope in\u00a0<em>Boots<\/em> \/ Patti Perret \/ Netflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to that emotional thread (which is expertly calibrated as the recruits slowly, painfully form a brotherhood), there is also a visceral aspect to watching the <em>Boots<\/em> boys progress physically through their Parris Island training. Much like <em>Survivor<\/em> or <em>Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test<\/em>, you begin to root for the characters to conquer each episode\u2019s tactical challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m so glad you said that,\u201d continues Parker, proudly pointing out, \u201cThe structure of the show is built around the real structure of Marine Corps bootcamp and those 13 weeks. Every episode presents a different obstacle, physically, that the recruits are going to have to face, but it also is going to test them mentally and psychologically, and emotionally. So we\u2019ve built the show around these tentpole events in boot camp and worked very hard to make sure that we were getting that right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt was so important that we had Marines in the writer\u2019s room and Marines on set as we were shooting,\u201d he adds. \u201cSo that the depiction of these really important true events in boot camp would be as accurate as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Given that the Marines\u2019 official motto is <em>Semper Fidelis<\/em>, or \u2018Always Faithful,\u201d that sounds pretty honorable to us. Now, we just need Netflix to enlist the show for a second tour of duty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Boots<\/em>, Season 1, Streaming Now, Netflix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the latest entertainment news on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahh-ten-shun! That\u2019s exactly what Netflix\u2018s Boots has been generating since it dropped on the streamer back on October 9th, and nearly all of it has been positive. In fact, the gay coming-of-age dramedy based on Greg Cope White\u2019s fascinating memoir, The Pink Marine, shot to the No. 2 spot on Netflix\u2019s weekly Top 10 list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2113304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[363507,364537,363505,400347,364539,398492,400346,364536,363506,23191,400345,400348],"class_list":["post-2113303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-boots","tag-brandon-tyler-moore","tag-cameron-cope","tag-cody-bowman","tag-dominic-goodman","tag-greg-cope","tag-john-bowman","tag-kieron-moore","tag-miles-heizer","tag-netflix","tag-patti-perret","tag-pentagon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\u2018Boots-Creator-on-Connection-the-Corps-the-Pentagons-Reaction.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2113303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2113305,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2113303\/revisions\/2113305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2113304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2113303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2113303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2113303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}