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“Power Rangers” stuntman recalls Thuy Trang's bold speech to network execs that led to her firing: 'She regretted it instantly'
Trang paid a steep price after advocating for a fair wage in front of "Power Rangers" creator Haim Saban and Fox boss Rupert ...
“Power Rangers” Writer Admits Casting Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger Was ‘Such a Mistake’
Walter Emanuel Jones played Zack Taylor, the Black Ranger, and Thuy Trang played Trini Kwan, the Yellow Ranger ...
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Who did Thuy Trang play in Power Rangers? Actress was reportedly fired after demanding fair wage
As the Yellow Ranger in the original series, Thuy Trang played the role of Trini Kwan, a fictional character from the Power Rangers franchise. Trini Kwan appeared in The Mighty Morphin Power ...
'Power Rangers' Writer Says Racially-Coded Casting Was A 'Mistake'
The show's head writer said he didn't clock the iffy optics of the Black and Yellow Rangers until someone said something.
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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 Admits This Stereotypical 'Mistake' He Made in the Show's Casting
In the original series, the only Black character, Zack Taylor (Walter Emanuel Jones), and the only Asian character Trini Kwan (Thuy Trang), played ... former Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver ...
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“Power Rangers” stuntman recalls Thuy Trang's bold speech to network execs that led to her firing: 'She regretted it instantly'
Hollywood has a troubling history of punishing those who speak out against exploitation, something original Power Rangers star Thuy Trang learned the hard way. Trang and two of her fellow O.G ...
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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 ...
‘Power Rangers’ writer admits casting black, Asian actors as Black Ranger, Yellow Rangers was ‘such a mistake’ — but star disagrees
Head writer Tony Oliver claimed he never connected the dots about the stereotypes until his assistant “pointed it out in a ...
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Power Rangers writer regrets Black, Yellow Ranger casting: ‘It was such a mistake’
"It was such a mistake," Oliver said. He described Zack as the character who "seemed to have the swagger of the group," while Trini was “the peaceful one, who tends to be the conscience of the group." ...
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“Power Rangers” Writer Admits Casting Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger Was ‘Such a Mistake’
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, "None of us are ...