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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 This Stereotypical 'Mistake' He Made in the Show's Casting
“None of us are thinking stereotypes,” former Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver said on the latest episode of Investigation Discovery’s new docuseries, “Hollywood Demons.” Oliver ...
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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 ...
The racially charged casting decision that a Power Rangers writer apologized for years later
Tony Oliver, head writer of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, thinks it was a mistake to cast two of the actors from the first ...
'Power Rangers' writer calls casting Black, Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers a 'mistake'
Decades after the show remade pop culture, a key writer behind "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" is admitting some casting calls were a mistake.
Power Rangers writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was ‘mistake’
When the series was rebooted as a movie in 2017, the characters were recast. A Black actor, RJ Cyler, played the Blue Ranger ...
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Original Power Rangers writers are opening up about a mistake they now regret
The original creators of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are looking back on past decisions that they now regret.
Popular ‘90s kids show’s writer regrets racially insensitive characters
Walter Emanuel Jones portrayed the character of Zack Taylor, the Black Power Ranger, and Thuy Trang was the character of ...
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‘Power Rangers’ star defends role amid casting controversy: ‘It wasn’t a mistake’
Jones is responding to comments made by “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” head writer Tony Oliver, in which Oliver said the casting team made a mistake in casting the Black and Yellow Power Rangers.