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![]() ![]() ![]() Minions managed to hit third at the mainland Chinese box office in its first weekend, pulling in $11.6 million. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions. “It’s only us who need special guidance and care, for fear that a cartoon will ‘corrupt’ us,” he posted. ![]() (For decades, the Chinese government restricted the number of children per couple and only repealed those policies.)ĭuSir, a popular film blogger on Weibo with more than 14 million followers, called the changes outrageous and questioned why anyone would think that Chinese people needed the extra bit of exposition to guide their moral compasses. Others claimed that the post-film text is propaganda in support of China’s three-child policy, as the country tries to raise its birth rate. The changes were first pointed out by users of the Chinese social media site Weibo, with many users mocking the poor quality of the PowerPoint-like addition. In China however, an extra bit of text narration is superimposed which explains that Wild Knuckles was eventually tracked down and imprisoned for 20 years following a failed heist, while Gru “returned to his family” and to his “greatest accomplishment” of being a father to his three girls. Rejected by his supervillain idols, 12-year-old Gru sets out to prove his despicable nature with the help of his bumbling team of Minions. For most of the world, that’s all there is in this installment. At the end of the latest Minions’ flick, Gru and his mentor Wild Knuckles ride off into the sunset like a pair of true antiheroes. ![]()
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