Ilissa Jackson

I wanted to love this, but all I feel at the end of it is mad at myself for feeling sorry for Andrew McCarrthy. While I can see how being branded a “brat” in a big piece can negatively effect a young artist with respect to being taken seriously in the business, it can’t be the sole reason your career and life is where it is 35+ years later, and I feel like this is was McCarthy unsuccessfully trying to get people to agree with him about it. There is clearly something up between Emilio and either Andrew personally or just the idea of discussing the past…the boundary he put up was palpable. Demi was just throwing out Landmark Forum (a sort of motivational technology) jargon “it didn’t mean anything. Something happened and we made it mean something” like a robot. Rob Lowe is clearly in total gratitude for his life (and why not?), and Ally just seemed to have put it in its proper perspective. The interview with the writer of the piece was just sad…until the bitter end when Andrew was pretty much begging for an apology, as if that’s going to give him the solace he seeks. Most of the actors in the Brat Pack found their own ways…and they were able to break free of that narrative (whatever is was…”these young actors aren’t serious, they’re only good if they’re in movies with either other, they’re not right for this role or that role, they’re difficult, etc). and have careers of varying success. As a child of the 80s EVERYONE wanted to be in the Brat Pack. These movies meant so much to us and opened doors for so many other actors and creators…and we all felt like these characters WERE us, and we were going through it with them…never did I actually think “the actors were brats”. It is with affection that most of us remember them. I hope this has helped Andrew move forward…because it seems like he’s the only one who hasn’t.

SNL is hilarious. All of you Trump supporters had no problem with it when they mocked Bill Clinton for years and years straight. You must have loved it. Now that they mock your fuhrer who, by the way, is by far the biggest bully, you’re crying about it. And whoever msde the comment about how wonderful Trump is remember that he mocked a disabled reporter. He’s vile and disgusting and SNL goes easy on him. He deserves every bit he gets.