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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 ...
‘Power Rangers’ writer admits casting black, Asian actors as Black Ranger, Yellow Rangers was ‘such a mistake’ — but star disagrees
Head writer Tony Oliver claimed he never connected the dots about the stereotypes until his assistant “pointed it out in a ...
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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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 ...
“Power Rangers” Writer Admits Casting Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger Was ‘Such a Mistake’
Walter Emanuel Jones played Zack Taylor, the Black Ranger, and Thuy Trang played Trini Kwan, the Yellow Ranger ...
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Power Rangers writer regrets Black, Yellow Ranger casting: ‘It was such a mistake’
"It was such a mistake," Oliver said. He described Zack as the character who "seemed to have the swagger of the group," while ...
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Power Rangers writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was ‘mistake’
Finally there would be a cute girl who the Yellow Ranger falls for, I thought, just like there have been so many heterosexual romances in Power Rangers in the past. “So you can imagine my ...
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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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‘Power Rangers’ writer says it was “mistake” to cast Asian and Black actors as Yellow and Black Rangers
Saban's Power Rangers at San Diego Comic ... the first Black Ranger, while Thuy Trang played Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger. Oliver says in the show that “none of us [were] thinking ...
“Power Rangers” writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger was 'such a mistake'
Former head writer Tony Oliver reflected on the casting choice that has drawn criticism for decades on ID's new special, ...