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'Power Rangers' writer calls casting Black, Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers a 'mistake'
cast a Black actor in the role of the black Power Ranger and an Asian actor as the Yellow Ranger. The decision was widely viewed as insensitive and, in a new documentary, Oliver calls it a "mistake." ...
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Black And Yellow Sponge Mixing With Glitter
Black and yellow sponge textures collide in a mesmerizing fusion, creating a hypnotic dance of color and contrast. Flecks of ...
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‘Power Rangers’ writer admits casting black, Asian actors as Black Ranger, Yellow Rangers was ‘such a mistake’ — but star disagrees
It’s time for the truth to power up. “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 ...
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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’
The series kicked off in August 1993 on Fox Kids with Walter Emanuel Jones as Zack Taylor (the first Black Ranger) and Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (the first Yellow Ranger). Oliver says in the ...
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Power Rangers
This story originally appeared on The Root, our sister site, on Tuesday, April 8. Remember the “Power Rangers”? The massive franchise launched countless sequels and spinoffs, but when it ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Alum Responds To Writer Who Called Black & Yellow Rangers Casting “A Mistake”
who said “it was such a mistake” to cast Black and Asian actors as the Black and Yellow Rangers while reflecting on the hit franchise in an episode of Investigation Discovery‘s Hollywood Demons.
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‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Head Writer Laments Racially Insensitive Casting Of Leads: “Such A Mistake”
who played the Black and Yellow Power Rangers, respectively, in the kids’ TV show. Oliver reflected on the series in Investigation Discovery’s newest episode of Hollywood Demons, per ...
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Power Rangers writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was ‘mistake’
that we had made the Black character the Black Ranger and the Asian character the Yellow Ranger. It was such a mistake.” Oliver went on to point out that “Thuy was not our original Yellow ...