And They Were All Yellow
I have a confession to make: until now, I had never seen a Despicable Me movie. As a millennial, my animation touchstones were Toy Story and Shrek, and at 18 I was too old for the original Despicable Me when it came out. But sometimes the universe (along with an aggressive marketing campaign) gives you a sign. I couldn’t stop watching the original #gentleminons video on social media, and for the past month three yellow faces have stared at me from a poster at my subway stop. When Minions: The Rise of Gru was the most convenient option at the theater, the time had come to stop resisting and succumb to the meme fever.
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