Based on former U.S. Marine Greg Cope White’s memoir “The Pink Marine,” executive produced by the late Norman Lear and adapted for television by Andy Parker, Netflix‘s military dramedy, “Boots,” is an irreverent but insightful look at friendship, self-determination, courage and acceptance amid the challenges and demands of the United States Marine boot camp. As hilarious as it is devastating, the series is a unique coming-of-age story centered on an unlikely Marine recruit who is desperate to find himself.
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“Boots” opens in 1990 in a recruiter’s office in New Orleans. With the chaos of high school and its constant bullying behind him,
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