The Ick Factor
Eder2018-07-27T16:38:58+02:00By William Safire Early last month, the Los Angeles Daily News columnist Bridget Johnson noted that «some recent Hollywood bits that have raised conservative ire include hailing Alfred Kinsey, Nicole Kidman sharing her bathtub with a boy in ‘Birth,’ euthanasia glorified in ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and ‘The Sea Inside.’ Regardless of politics, many agree that the ick factor drives away moviegoers who are looking for something familiar and inspirational on-screen.» A few weeks later, Tara Parker-Pope reported in The Wall Street Journal that a home-screening test for colon cancer is making a comeback. «Convincing consumers to use the tests may be tough, however,» she wrote. «There’s the ick factor of fecal tests, which typically require patients to smear stool on a card that is then sent to [...]