Article: Actor Andrew McCarthy Is Bitter About Brat Pack Past.(TheFrontPage)

Byline: Andrew Goldman

Here's an experiment you can try right here in New York. Approach Andrew McCarthy on the street-catch him at the stage door of Side Man, the Broadway play he joined last month, or even find him chewing a preshow steak at Frankie & Johnny's, or maybe bump into him near the Bedford Street town house he bought 11 years ago. Then, if he lets you, shake his hand vigorously. Tell him he looks great, that you love the floppy-on-top, short-on-the-sides hairstyle he's wearing now, and that Pretty in Pink and St. Elmo's Fire and Less Than Zero really meant something to you when you were, say, 14 and plug-ugly with zits.

Tell him that a long ...

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