Brat Pack

The Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s. The term "Brat Pack", a play on the Rat Pack from the 1950s and 1960s, was first popularized in a 1985 New York magazine cover story, which described a group of highly successful film stars in their early twenties.[1] David Blum wrote the article after witnessing several young actors being mobbed by groupies at Los Angeles' Hard Rock Cafe.[2] The group has been characterized by the partying of members such as Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, and Judd Nelson.[3]

  1. ^ Blum, David (June 10, 1985). "Hollywood's Brat Pack". New York. pp. 40–47. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  2. ^ Mansour, David. From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005), p. 56.
  3. ^ Pulver, Andrew; Steven Paul Davies (December 15, 2000). "The year of the brat". The Guardian. Retrieved March 19, 2008.