“Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. According to the French animator, all of the title characters are voiced by male actors.Ībout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”: “Seeing how dumb and stupid they often are, I just couldn’t imagine Minions being girls,” Coffin told TheWrap. Why make such a choice in a time when male-dominated children’s movies are so rare? Now, as the "Despicable Me" spinoff movie "Minions" hits theaters, the filmmaker has spoken, and it’s official: all Minions are, in fact, male. One “Despicable Me” enthusiast suggested that, if all male, Minions could be “the new gay icons,” as they demonstrate to children that “a little gender bending is fine!” and even kiss on several occasions in the first movie. ![]() Other fans viewed them as boys who occasionally cross-dress: all of the Minions have male names, such as Stuart, Kevin, and Bob. One widespread theory was that Minions were gender neutral, since they don both traditionally male and female attire. The gender and sexuality of the tiny yellow troublemakers who first appeared in “Despicable Me" have been debated since the animated franchise’s original film was released in 2010. ![]() For anybody who has ever questioned the lack of female Minions, filmmaker Pierre Coffin has some answers for you.
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