Ep. 418 - Andy Parker - Boots

About this episode

Hilliard Guess interviews Andy Parker about the Netflix limited series 'Boots' and its themes of LGBTQ+ representation and personal experience.

In this episode, host Hilliard Guess sits down with Boots creator and co-showrunner Andy Parker about writing the hit Netflix limited series that explores the coming-of-age story of a young gay Marine in an era before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," how personal experience informed his approach to the material, LGBTQ+ representation on screen, and more.

People in this episode

Guest: Andy Parker

Topics covered

• LGBTQ+ representation
• coming-of-age
• military
• television
• writing

Keywords

• Netflix
• limited series
• young gay Marine
• Don't Ask, Don't Tell
• personal experience
• LGBTQ+ representation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Andy Parker - Boots, Boots, Don't Ask, Don't Tell

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