‘Boots’ Creator Andy Parker Didn’t Set Out to Make “Woke Garbage”—or Military Propaganda

“I guess we have to give some credit to the Pentagon there, don’t we?” says Andy Parker, cheekily. His Netflix series Boots—which follows a closeted teen in the 1990s as he enlists in the Marines—has surged to the top of the streamer’s charts since its release on October 9, peaking earlier this week as the No. 2 most-watched series on the platform. That might have something to do with the fact that the Pentagon released a statement on October 16 shading Boots, calling it “woke…