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Max's New Power Rangers Documentary Reveals Many Dark Secrets, But There's One Detail I'm Surprised Was Ignored
The third episode of Hollywood Demons, “Dark Side of the Power Rangers,” reveals some heartbreaking facts about the stars of ...
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Black Power Ranger actor disagrees with writer on his casting
Walter Emanual Jones, the actor best known for his role as the Black Power Ranger in the 1990s “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, ...
Black Ranger Walter Emanuel Jones reacts to writer calling Black and Yellow Power Rangers casting 'a mistake'
Black Ranger Walter Emanuel Jones weighed in on a 'Power Rangers' writer calling the potentially problematic casting of Black ...
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‘Power Rangers’ writer admits casting black, Asian actors as Black Ranger, Yellow Rangers was ‘such a mistake’ — but star disagrees
Courtesy Everett Collection Walter Emanuel Jones, a black man, portrayed “Zack Taylor” as the Black Ranger and Thuy Trang, an Asian woman, as the Yellow Ranger “Trini Kwan” in the Emmy ...
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Power Rangers writer regrets Black, Yellow Ranger casting: ‘It was such a mistake’
Walter Emanuel Jones as Zack Taylor, a.k.a the Black Ranger (left); Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan, a.k.a. Yellow Ranger. Photos via: Netflix While Mighty Morphin Power Rangers holds a nostalgic place ...
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"It was such a mistake" Power Rangers writer reflects on the casting choice of Black and Yellow rangers
The original ensemble for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers included Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott, Walter Emanuel Jones as Zachary "Zack" Taylor, Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart, David Yost as ...
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In the original series, the only Black character, Zack Taylor (Walter Emanuel Jones), and the only Asian character Trini Kwan (Thuy Trang), played the Black and Yellow Rangers, respectively.
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POWER RANGERS Writer Reflects on Casting Controversy: “It Was Such a Mistake”
“It was such a mistake,” he says. The show premiered in August 1993 on Fox Kids, with Walter Emanuel Jones as Zack Taylor (the original Black Ranger) and Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (the original Yellow ...
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Power Rangers writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was ‘mistake’
In one scene, Jones says to the camera: “My name’s Walter Jones, I play Zack. I’m Black, and I play the Black Ranger. Go figure.” When the series was rebooted as a movie in 2017 ...
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'Power Rangers' Writer Says Racially-Coded Casting Was A 'Mistake'
It wasn’t immediately clear who was responsible for casting Walter Emanuel Jones as the Black Ranger and Thuy Trang as the Yellow Ranger, but Oliver said “none of us [were] thinking stereotypes” ...
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POWER RANGERS Writer Says It Was A "Mistake" To Cast Black And Asian Actors As Black Ranger And Yellow Ranger
For example, a Black actor, Walter Emanuel Jones, was cast as the Black Ranger and an Asian actress, Thuy Trang, was chosen to portray the Yellow Ranger. That's been discussed a lot over the ...