Netflix's Gay Military Drama Isn't Meant to Be 'Woke Garbage' or 'Propaganda'

""I certainly never set out to make anything that was propaganda. and I really reject the idea that it is," Parker told Vanity Fair in an October 24 interview. "The fact that we seem to be situated between these two different sides is evidence of how the show wants to approach these really thorny, interesting questions. [ Boots] is trying to navigate this in a nuanced way that isn't so overtly strident in its attacks or in its politics. I think it's after something more subtle.""

""Under President [Donald] Trump and Secretary [Pete] Hegseth, the U.S. military is getting back to restoring the warrior ethos," Wilson said on October 16 in response to a request from Entertainment Weekly. "We will not compromise our standards to satisfy an ideological agenda, unlike Netflix whose leadership consistently produces and feeds woke garbage to their audience and children.""

Andy Parker rejects claims that Boots was intended as propaganda and denies creating "woke" content or shilling for the military. He describes the show as positioned between two sides and aiming for a nuanced treatment rather than strident political attacks. Boots is set in 1990 and follows closeted teenager Cameron Cope, who impulsively joins the Marines despite the military ban on gay service members. Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson publicly labeled the show "woke garbage" and framed the military as restoring a "warrior ethos," while Parker says he would be surprised if the Pentagon watched and did not want an unblemished view of the service.

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