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The Yellow Ranger gets her due in a new Power Rangers book steeped in Chinese mythology
In the new Power Rangers novel Force of Chaos, author Diana Ma (Heiress Apparently) tells a story focused on the Yellow Ranger, Trini Kwan, that deals directly with her Chinese heritage and the ...
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Review: NIC SAMPSON: YELLOW POWER RANGER, Soho Theatre
And there are also plenty of references to fan culture, including some actual fan-made edits of the Power Rangers set to songs by artists like Avril Lavigne. One of the highlights of Yellow ...
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'Power Ranger' Yellow Ranger is ready for duty at ACME Comics
Right after graduating from high school, most people prepare to enter the workforce or they get ready for college. Shortly after she graduated from David W. Carter High School in Dallas, Texas ...
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‘Power Rangers’ star defends show’s “representation” after writer calls casting Asian and Black actors as Yellow and Black Rangers a “mistake”
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers star Walter Emanuel Jones has responded to show writer Tony Oliver’s recent suggestion that it was a “mistake” to cast Asian and Black actors as the Yellow and ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Alum Responds To Writer Who Called Black & Yellow Rangers Casting “A Mistake”
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers alum recently responded to the show’s head writer Tony Oliver, who said “it was such a mistake” to cast Black and Asian actors as the Black and Yellow ...
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‘Power Rangers’ Star Walter Emanuel Jones Says Playing Black Ranger Was a ‘Milestone’ After Writer Called It a ‘Mistake’ for Being a Stereotype: ‘It Was an Honor’
featuring Jones as Zack Taylor (the first Black Ranger) and Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (the first Yellow Ranger). Oliver said in the documentary that “none of us [were] thinking stereotypes ...
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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’ 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 ...
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Black Ranger Walter Emanuel Jones reacts to writer calling Black and Yellow Power Rangers casting 'a mistake'
who recently expressed regret over the perceived stereotypical casting of Black and Asian actors to play Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger — namely, Jones as Zack Taylor/Black Ranger and the late Thuy ...
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Power Rangers
In the original series, the only Black character, Zack Taylor (Walter Emanuel Jones), and the only Asian character Trini Kwan (Thuy Trang), played the Black and Yellow Rangers, respectively.
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POWER RANGERS Writer Says It Was A "Mistake" To Cast Black And Asian Actors As Black Ranger And Yellow Ranger
For example, a Black actor, Walter Emanuel Jones, was cast as the Black Ranger and an Asian actress, Thuy Trang, was chosen to portray the Yellow Ranger. That's been discussed a lot over the ...