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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
“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.
32 Years Later, a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Writer Addresses Racially Insensitive Casting
The unfortunate situation didn’t last long in terms of the show’s ongoing legacy; after the show’s second season, both Jones and Trang departed the show, and the Black Ranger was thereafter played by ...
‘Power Rangers’ star defends role amid casting controversy: ‘It wasn’t a mistake’
One of the original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" actors responds to the head writer's comments, calling the casting a ...
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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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‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Head Writer Laments Racially Insensitive Casting Of Leads: “Such A Mistake”
Mighty Morphin ... Yellow Power Ranger, but was recast after Audri Dubois, who first had the role, quit the show due to a salary dispute.) Watch on Deadline Related Stories News 'Power Rangers ...
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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”
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 ... [as] the Yellow Ranger” in the ...
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“Power Rangers” Writer Admits Casting Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger Was ‘Such a Mistake’
Though fans might happily remember watching the '90s favorite Mighty Morphin Power ... played Trini Kwan, the Yellow Ranger. In Hollywood Demons, former Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver ...
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'Power Rangers' writer calls casting Black, Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers a 'mistake'
Decades after casting decisions for the "Mighty Morphin ... 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 ...
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‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Head Writer Laments Racially Insensitive Casting Of Leads: “Such A Mistake”
Oliver reflected on the series in Investigation Discovery’s newest episode of Hollywood Demons, per Entertainment Weekly, titled “Dark Side of the Power Rangers.” At the time, he said in 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 ...