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BRATS

All right,we are Upstate New York here, far from the madding crowd. And we're hunting...

BRATS • 2024
[bright orchestral music] All right,
we are Upstate New York here, far from the madding crowd.
[laughs] And we're hunting down
Malcolm Gladwell, who I am hoping can give me some insight into
how the Brat Pack label caught fire like it did,
and caught the zeitgeist, and took hold

Full Transcript

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All right, we are Upstate New York here,
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far from the madding crowd. [laughs]
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And we're hunting down Malcolm Gladwell,
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who I am hoping can give me
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some insight into how the Brat Pack label
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caught fire like it did, and caught the zeitgeist,
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and took hold.
Duration
29 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:19
Uploaded
Apr 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Network Entertainment,ABC News Studios,NEON

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Movie Summary

Centers on 1980s films starring the 'Brat Pack' and their profound impact on the young stars' lives.
I mean, this is right up his area of expertise, - BRATS 00:12
I mean, this is right up his area of expertise,
MALCOLM: But the Brat Pack is signifying - BRATS 00:10
MALCOLM: But the Brat Pack is signifying
The explicit reference to the-- the pun on the Rat Pack - BRATS 00:08
The explicit reference to the-- the pun on the Rat Pack
Whenever a term makes that journey to metaphor status, - BRATS 00:07
Whenever a term makes that journey to metaphor status,
And, you know, it's also funny. - BRATS 00:05
And, you know, it's also funny.
The Rat Pack and the Brat Pack in sensibility - BRATS 00:06
The Rat Pack and the Brat Pack in sensibility
One is anxious, and immature, and trying - BRATS 00:13
One is anxious, and immature, and trying
Not "ha ha" funny, but funny in the way - BRATS 00:06
Not "ha ha" funny, but funny in the way
Phrases endure when they have a kind of cleverness, - BRATS 00:10
Phrases endure when they have a kind of cleverness,
It is. If it was just-- - BRATS 00:15
It is. If it was just--
At the time, I was tremendously invested - BRATS 00:08
At the time, I was tremendously invested
ANDREW: That's how we communicate, - BRATS 00:08
ANDREW: That's how we communicate,
It's the easiest, quickest shorthand to communication, - BRATS 00:05
It's the easiest, quickest shorthand to communication,
Well, and possible then in a way it's not possible now. - BRATS 00:05
Well, and possible then in a way it's not possible now.
You can't have a cultural touchstone that everyone - BRATS 00:05
You can't have a cultural touchstone that everyone
If you gathered 100 17-year-olds at random - BRATS 00:16
If you gathered 100 17-year-olds at random
There is absolutely no cultural phenomenon - BRATS 00:09
There is absolutely no cultural phenomenon
We've gone from a relatively unified youth culture - BRATS 00:15
We've gone from a relatively unified youth culture
I was 13 the first time I saw Breakfast Club on VHS, - BRATS 00:07
I was 13 the first time I saw Breakfast Club on VHS,
It was this-- around eighth grade-- - BRATS 00:08
It was this-- around eighth grade--