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导演:小黄人这么蠢只能是男孩
Animator reveals the surprising reason why there aren't any female Minions
For anybody who has ever questioned the lack of female Minions, filmmaker Pierre Coffin has some answers for you.
为什么小黄人(Minions)中没有女孩子呢?如果你也曾这样质疑，就来听听电影导演皮艾尔·柯芬(Pierre Coffin)的回答吧。
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.
小黄人最早出现在动画片《卑鄙的我》(“Despicable Me" )中，自2010年这部系列动画最早的电影上映以来，小黄人的性别与性的问题便一直为人们所讨论。
One widespread theory was that Minions were gender neutral, since they don both traditionally male and female attire.
一种普遍的观点认为小黄人是中性的，因为它们既穿传统的男性服装也穿传统的女性服装。
Other fans viewed them as boys who occasionally cross-dress: all of the Minions have male names, such as Stuart, Kevin, and Bob.
其他的粉丝认为它们只是偶尔男扮女装的男孩子。你看它们的名字都是男孩子的咨询QQ、微信：2544906，创造动画电影开画史上第二高的好成绩。影评人对影片的评论褒贬不一，《小黄人》在烂番茄(Rotten Tomatoes)获得了54%的支持率。
Now only one question remains on the minds of movie-goers: if there are no girl Minions, how does the species propagate?
现在只有一个问题令电影观众们百思不得其解了：如果小黄人都是男孩子，那小黄人是如何传宗接代的呢?
There are currently two competing fan theories to explain where the little guys come from.
这些小家伙们到底是哪儿来的?目前粉丝间主要有两种互相矛盾的说法对其作出解释。
One is that regular humans are turned into Minions by a Minionizer machine, a ray gun-like instrument similar to the one seen on the Minions ride at Universal Studios theme park. Another is that they are cloned from a single strand of mutated DNA, as suggested by one of the short films.
一种说法是小黄人是“小黄人制造机”将普通人类转变而来的。“小黄人制造机”是一个类似射线枪的机器，跟在环球影城主题公园的小黄人过山车那里可以看到的很像。另一种说法是根据其中一部小黄人短片推测，小黄人是由一个突变的DNA单链克隆而成的。
Coffin has declined to reveal the exact origin of the tiny yellow henchmen so far, but the Minions aren’t done telling their story yet: they’ll be back soon enough in “Despicable Me 3,” slated to open in June 2017.
柯芬至今还不愿向广大影迷们透露小黄人的确切起源，但是小黄人的故事并未告一段落，我们很快将会在《卑鄙的我3》中看到它们的身影，影片暂定于2017年6月份上映。
重点词汇：
sexism: 男性至上主义
henchman：忠实的追随者