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Why The Original Green Ranger Became So Popular During Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Jason David Frank made his Power Rangers debut in 1993 and quickly took the Green Ranger from being a newcomer to the status ...
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The Fan-Made Power Rangers Hoax That Actually Became Canon
Power Rangers canon can be confusing at times. Case in point? Here's how a Power Rangers fan hoax turned urban legend ...
Max's New Power Rangers Documentary Reveals Many Dark Secrets, But There's One Detail I'm Surprised Was Ignored
In the 1990s, no TV show defined my childhood better than Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I would have given anything to be one ...
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‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Head Writer Laments Racially Insensitive Casting Of Leads: “Such A Mistake”
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver regrets ... the Black Power Ranger, and Thuy Trang play the character of Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Power Ranger. As described by Oliver, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Mighty Morphin Star Addresses “Mistake” Casting Comments in Dark Side of Power Rangers
One such revelation came from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver, who spoke about the stereotyped casting of Walter Emanuel Jones as the Black Ranger. Now Jones has addressed ...
‘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 ...
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’ actor splits with writer, says casting a ‘milestone’
Walter Emanuel Jones, the actor best known for his role as the Black Power Ranger in the 1990s “Mighty Morphin ... Thuy Trang — play the Yellow Ranger. In an interview for Investigation Discovery’s ...
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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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'Power Rangers' writer calls casting Black, Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers a 'mistake'
Netflix's 'Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers reunion special is millennial ... "My name's Walter Jones, I play Zack. I'm Black, and I play the black Ranger — go figure," he says in a clip from ...