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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 and Yellow Ranger 'a mistake': 'It wasn't a mistake; it was a milestone.' ...
‘Power Rangers' Star Walter Emanuel Jones Says Playing Black Ranger Was "an Honor" Despite Show's Writer Calling His Casting "a 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 star said "it was an honor" to originate ...
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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.
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POWER RANGERS Star Walter Emanuel Jones on Playing The Black Ranger: “It Wasn’t a Mistake. It Was a Milestone”
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers star Walter Emanuel Jones is pushing back against recent comments from former head writer Tony Oliver , who called early casting choices on the iconic ‘90s series a ...
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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 Power Rangers,” has rejected the notion that casting a Black actor in the role ...
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“Power Rangers” writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger was 'such a mistake'
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers premiered on Fox Kids in August 1993. Zack Taylor (Walter Emanuel Jones) was the first Black Ranger, who "seemed to have the swagger of the group," according to Oliver.
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POWER RANGERS Writer Says It Was A "Mistake" To Cast Black And Asian Actors As Black Ranger And Yellow Ranger
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debuted on Fox Kids ... 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 ...
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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 Admits Casting Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger Was ‘Such a Mistake’
the Black Ranger, and Thuy Trang, who was Vietnamese, played Trini Kwan, the Yellow Ranger. In Hollywood Demons, former Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver said that while making the show ...
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Power Rangers writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was ‘mistake’
He continued: "It was my assistant who pointed it out in a meeting one day, that we had made the Black character the Black Ranger and the ... before it aired. The Power Rangers strike a pose ...