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‘Power Rangers’ Alum Responds To Writer Who Called Black & Yellow Rangers Casting “A Mistake”
Despite the perception of racial insensitivity in his casting, Walter Emanuel Jones is proud to have originated the role of the Black Ranger. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers alum recently ...
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‘Power Rangers’ writer admits casting black, Asian actors as Black Ranger, Yellow Rangers was ‘such a mistake’ — but star disagrees
“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” head writer Tony Oliver admitted it was a mistake to cast a Black actor in the role of the Black Power Ranger and an Asian actor as the Yellow Power Ranger.
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Power Rangers writer regrets Black, Yellow Ranger casting: ‘It was such a mistake’
I’m Black, and I play the Black Ranger — go figure.” Behind the colorful suits and action-packed scenes, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was marked by internal strife. Series creator Haim Saban ...
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'Power Rangers' writer calls casting Black, Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers a 'mistake'
I'm Black, and I play the black Ranger — go figure," he says in a clip from the "Dark Side of the Power Rangers." The original Yellow Ranger was played by Thuy Trang. "It was such a mistake ...
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‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Head Writer Laments Racially Insensitive Casting Of Leads: “Such A Mistake”
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver regrets ... Jones originate the character of Zack Taylor, the Black Power Ranger, and Thuy Trang play the character of Trini Kwan, the first ...
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‘Power Rangers' Star Walter Emanuel Jones Says Playing Black Ranger Was "an Honor" Despite Show's Writer Calling His Casting "a Mistake"
Walter Emanuel Jones is proud to be the original Black Power Ranger, regardless of what the show's former writer thinks. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers star said "it was an honor" to originate ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Star Walter Emanuel Jones Says Playing Black Ranger Was a ‘Milestone’ After Writer Called It a ‘Mistake’ for Being a Stereotype: ‘It Was an Honor’
It was an honor.” “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers” kicked off in August 1993 on Fox Kids, featuring Jones as Zack Taylor (the first Black Ranger) and Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (the first ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Writer Says ‘It Was a Mistake’ to Cast Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger: ‘None of Us’ Were ‘Thinking Stereotypes’
“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” head writer Tony Oliver admits in the new Investigation Discovery series “Hollywood Demons” that it was a “mistake” to cast a Black actor to play the Black Ranger and an ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Writer Says ‘It Was a Mistake’ to Cast Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger: ‘None of Us’ Were ‘Thinking Stereotypes’
I’m Black, and I play the Black Ranger — go figure.” “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” co-creator Shuki Levy previously told Complex that Jones and Trang’s casting “wasn’t intentional ...
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“Power Rangers” writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger was 'such a mistake'
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers premiered on Fox Kids in August 1993. Zack Taylor (Walter Emanuel Jones) was the first Black Ranger, who "seemed to have the swagger of the group," according to Oliver.