THE PINK MARINE by Greg Cope White
Schedule
Tue Jun 16 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Center on Halsted | Chicago, IL
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---- adapted into the popular Netflix series, BOOTS ----
๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ WITH A REVERENT & HEARTFELT VIEW OF THE ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ, OF A ๐ง๐๐๐ก WHO STUGGLES WITH ๐ฆ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ & DOESN'T FIT THE TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ.
- - - - - Norman Lear, TV Legend - - - - -
"๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ & ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐๐ฃ๐ & ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ."
SUMMARY: This ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ, ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ป๐ & ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด memoir recounts how an insecure New Orleans weakling transforms into a Devil Dog Marine. A ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ผ๐ณ-๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ story set in the most unlikely place in ๐ญ๐ต๐ณ๐ต - a memoir for anyone whoโs ever felt like they didnโt fit in & ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต anyway.
When Greg's straight best friend Dale tells him he's spending the summer at Marine boot camp, all Greg hears is "๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ" & "๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ." So, he signs up too. Never mind that he's ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐, ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ... & ๐ด๐ฎ๐, illegal in the U.S. military. Greg's chaotic childhood hasn't prepared him for this. But the Marines strip him of all of it & the desire to survive, & ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ, triumphs over fear.
The Few & the Proud turn out to be a bunch of ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ & ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ - where brotherhood is born. Thru 13 brutal weeks of training, Greg discovers that ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ isnโt about muscles or bravado - but ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐, ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ in a world that silences difference.
Told with disarming ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐. Where the landmines are both literal & metaphorical, Greg must prove he belongs & figure out who he really is. This is a hard & hilarious look at ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ & ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด. Even in boot camp, you can ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ - and yourself.
- - - - - Jane Lynch, Actress (Glee) - - - - -
"๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฃ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ง๐จ."
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