“Within this heated context, Minions serve as clumsy cultural mediators, unearthing differences and similarities from a playful standpoint. Their inscrutability makes Minions the ideal globalist product — they manage to be likable, relevant, and most importantly, enigmatic wherever they go.” Buzzfeed’s Daniel Spielberger explains why the Minions are so popular. (Simple. Girth matters.)

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