Minions creator on why there are no female minions

What are minions?

I haven't seen the films, but it doesn't see like there's that much masculine about them. Apart from the names (Dave, etc.) they could all be of no gender. Is anyone checking inside their overalls?

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

It wouldnt be just let go like that and you know full well.

What about little black fictional cartoon characters that are too stupid to be white? All good too?

Honestly, I think it's a good thing men don't really care all that much about stuff like this. It's not a big deal and most of us don't care. Instead of getting people to be offended by more things, more things should be seen as silliness that doesn't necessitate thinking too much about.

Banjo String wrote: »

They were crows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s35puUhqQJc

Get over yourself.

The early 1940's is your counter? really?


We're talking about now. Where everything is offensive. Except to men apparently. Personally , I'm an everything goes person, but denying that there would be stories in the news and whinging if women were being called stupid en mass is either naive or deliberate argumentative.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What do you think the reaction would be if he said minions were female because males are not "dumb and stupid" enough?

Could you imagine what would come upon him from every feminist and feminist grouping going!?

That's what I'm saying though, just because there'd be uproar from that doesn't mean there should be simply for the sake of keeping it equal. There's a lot of things people shouldn't get so worked up over (ads, marketing ploys), so why add to them just because other people don't like certain things.

Take blackface/whiteface. I don't think one is bad and the other isn't due to their history. One is bad if done in a certain way (full on gollywog type stuff, I mean, whereas Tropic Thunder's Robert Downey Jr. character for example seems fine to me) because it upsets certain people, whereas the other doesn't apart from those who want to point out the double standard. It's nothing to do with power dynamics, just that one thing upsets people and the other doesn't. No big deal.

The person who created the minions said this, that's one person. Afaik no one has ever said anything about males being stupid when the original 2 movies came out. I would take what he says with a pinch of salt, its not worth getting angry about.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Or this ad (with just about every black stereotype going!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LvLn9PWln8

Italians have also been depicted as criminal pigeons in Animaniacs.