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‘Brats’ Director Andrew McCarthy On How The Initially “Horrible” Brat Pack Label Became “A Blessing”

At the Tribeca premiere of "Brats," director Andrew McCarthy said the Brat Pack Label, which he had "received as horrible," turned into a "blessing."

The group, along with Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Rob Lowe and Molly Ringwald, were labeled the Brat Pack in Blum’s cover story in New York magazine in 1985. Hollywood’s upper tier of directors, including Spielberg and Scorsese, they reason, didn’t come calling because the moniker made them seem callow, shallow and unserious about their craft. At the Q&A, Blum drew some jeers and groans from the crowd by divulging that McCarthy had asked him whether he wanted to apologize for writing the piece.

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