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StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

'Power Rangers' writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was 'a mistake'

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'Power Rangers' writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was 'a mistake'

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StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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Former 'Power Rangers" head writer Tony Oliver says he now views the decision to cast a Black actor as the Black Ranger and an Asian actress as the Yellow Ranger as 'such a mistake.'
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    And the white boy and girl were blue and pink respectively.

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      “White power”… “ranger”

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        And he was edgy and whiney…

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      God it was so fucking obnoxious to play Power Rangers in kindergarten. “You’re a giiiiirrrrlll, so you have to be the pink ranger.”

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        so wanna play pink ranger?

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          Can we play Warrior Cats instead? I get to be Fireheart, you have to be Tigerclaw.

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            Deal

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