Ever since Minions: The Rise of Gru came out on July 1, it has been trendy for mostly teenage boys to wear suits to go see the movie.
This special trend is a creative way to let a teenager let go while doing something that they find enjoyable. The trend is to go see the Minions movie in the character of a member of a secret organization or a businessman. For the trend, people wear a full suit, and sometimes sunglasses.
The teenagers take videos of their friends dressing up as businessmen. Once they finish recording, they post the video to YouTube or Tick Tock. After a few hours or days, some videos receive millions of likes and comments.
“Doing these types of things, you actually get a lot of stares,” said Devan Rajen, an 18-year-old student who was in a video posted from his own TikTok account. “People probably thought we were humiliating ourselves.”
The movie itself has grossed $65.4 million, in part because of the social media buzz. One Singaporean video received about 170,000 likes and more than 1 million views. The friends stand in a straight line with serious faces on an escalator, then walk out of frame. Near the end of the line some were clutching small Minion plushies. The video is overlaid with text that expresses their simple request: “22 tickets for Minions: Rise of GRU please.”
Source: Teens are dressing in suits to see ‘Minions’ as meme culture and boredom collide _ NPR.pdf
This special trend is a creative way to let a teenager let go while doing something that they find enjoyable. The trend is to go see the Minions movie in the character of a member of a secret organization or a businessman. For the trend, people wear a full suit, and sometimes sunglasses.
The teenagers take videos of their friends dressing up as businessmen. Once they finish recording, they post the video to YouTube or Tick Tock. After a few hours or days, some videos receive millions of likes and comments.
“Doing these types of things, you actually get a lot of stares,” said Devan Rajen, an 18-year-old student who was in a video posted from his own TikTok account. “People probably thought we were humiliating ourselves.”
The movie itself has grossed $65.4 million, in part because of the social media buzz. One Singaporean video received about 170,000 likes and more than 1 million views. The friends stand in a straight line with serious faces on an escalator, then walk out of frame. Near the end of the line some were clutching small Minion plushies. The video is overlaid with text that expresses their simple request: “22 tickets for Minions: Rise of GRU please.”
Source: Teens are dressing in suits to see ‘Minions’ as meme culture and boredom collide _ NPR.pdf
