I hate the term ‘ick’. I hate the way the word sounds, the way it is used and what it means Okay, honestly, I don’t know the man personally. I have never met him and most likely never will, so sorry Jim if you are actually a lovely guy and don’t bring the ick in person.
In that time, we have also brought two intelligent, amazing daughters into the world who are now entering their tweenhood. And what better time, so my husband thought than to introduce what he deems to be movie classics, like The Mask.in his yellow suit and fluoro green mask whiz around the screen, contorting and stretching his body in questionable positions while ridiculous visual effects showed his jaw fall open and tongue hang out while ogling Cameron Diaz’s character.
The mom is horrified that her children have inherited their father’s love for Jim Carrey, who gives her the “ick.”But. Yes, there’s a but. As the film went on, outside of the questionable and dare I say it, overt sexism of the film, they smiled and then the unthinkable happened, they laughed. They laughed a lot.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure exactly what it was but what I did realise then and there was that I needed to get on top of this pronto before I have not just one but three family members cracking unfunny jokes like, “I’m smoking” all the time.