Minions: The Rise Of Gru And What's Making Us Happy
Pop Culture Happy Hour
NPR
4.5 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Minions The Rise of Groo is the fifth film in the animated Despicable Me series. |
| 0:10.7 | Set in the late 1970s, the new film chronicles the early days of the Super villain Groo and |
| 0:16.3 | his relationship with the silly yellow babbling banana-loving henchmen who do his bidding. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm Stephen Thompson and today we are talking about Minions The Rise of Groo on pop culture |
| 0:26.5 | happy hour from NPR. |
| 0:28.4 | Joining me today is NPR film critic Bob Mandelo. |
| 0:30.8 | Hey Bob. |
| 0:31.8 | Hey good to be here. |
| 0:32.8 | When I think Minions, I think Bob Mandelo. |
| 0:34.8 | Thanks so much. |
| 0:35.8 | Also joining us is pop culture happy hour producer Candice Lim. |
| 0:40.2 | Hey Candice. |
| 0:41.2 | Hello Stephen. |
| 0:42.2 | A joy to have you as always rounding out the panel is switched on pop producer Rihanna |
| 0:48.3 | Cruz. |
| 0:49.3 | Hey Stephen what's going on? |
| 0:51.3 | Well everything is going on. |
| 0:54.8 | So much is going on. |
| 0:59.4 | So the Minions franchise kicked off with 2010s Despicable Me and 2013s Despicable Me 2 which |
| 1:03.6 | was in turn followed by the 2015 prequel Minions. |
| 1:08.2 | This film takes place after the events of Minions but it is still technically a prequel |
| 1:14.7 | to all three Despicable Me movies. |
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