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Power Rangers' New Yellow Ranger Gives the Series Its Own Wolverine
The new Yellow Ranger has more in common with Marvel Comics' Wolverine character than with any of the Power Rangers from the franchise's past.
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 ...
‘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 actor as ...
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POWER RANGERS Writer Says It Was A "Mistake" To Cast Black And Asian Actors As Black Ranger And Yellow Ranger
In the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series from the '90s, a Black actor played the Black Ranger and an Asian actress was cast ...
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32 Years Later, a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Writer Addresses Racially Insensitive Casting
Former Power Rangers writer Tony Oliver appears on the episode and admits, “None of us [were] thinking stereotypes” at the time. He also points out that the Yellow Ranger was re-cast after the ...
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'Power Rangers' writer calls casting Black, Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers a 'mistake'
The show, which premiered in 1993 and spawned a pop culture phenomenon, cast a Black actor in the role of the black Power Ranger and an Asian actor as the Yellow Ranger. The decision was widely ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Alum Responds To Writer Who Called Black & Yellow Rangers Casting “A Mistake”
the new Yellow Ranger, replacing Audri Dubois from the pilot. David Yost, Thuy Trang, Jason David Frank, Austin St. John, Amy Jo Johnson and Walter Jones in ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Star Walter Emanuel Jones Says Playing Black Ranger Was “an Honor” in Response to Show Writer Calling Casting “Mistake”
The Mighty Morphin Power ... [as] the Yellow Ranger” in the third episode of Investigation Discovery’s Hollywood Demons docuseries. He further opened up about his time on Power Rangers on ...
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“Power Rangers” Writer Admits Casting Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger Was ‘Such a Mistake’
the Yellow Ranger. In Hollywood Demons, former Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver said that while making the show, "None of us are thinking stereotypes.” He explained, “It was my assistant ...
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Power Rangers writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was ‘mistake’
The Power Rangers ... Yellow Ranger. However, the film attracted a different kind of controversy after it failed to deliver on a claim of LGBTQ+ representation. Writing for The Independent at the ...
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“Power Rangers” writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger was 'such a mistake'
One of the key creative minds behind Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is owning up ... with "the Black character the Black Ranger and the Asian character the Yellow Ranger." Oliver says it took ...