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.'
Yeah. I can believe that Trini was an accident. They wanted two girl rangers. Blue, Red, and Black are “boy colors” whereas Yellow is neutral.
And Zack’s character was pretty normal for the era (black guy who incorporates “hip hop” into everything he does) but there is zero chance it was not intentional to cast the Black guy as Zack the Black ranger.
And yeah. Even as kids on the playground we all knew that was racist as shit. I’ll always remember my homeroom teacher trying not to laugh her ass off while she was telling us we can’t talk about how they should have cast a Native American as the Red Ranger.
No? Pink is a “girl” color. And even in the original sentai source material, Pink was a girl (hence the skirt). Yellow was a dude which is why you can really tell what scenes were filmed with the US stunt team/actors and what were from the original (hint: Is the bulge in the crotch or the chest?).
Not just the costumes, much of the footage used was just re-editted footage straight from Japan’s Super Sentai series (specifically their 16th iteration). The only footage that was American made, for the most part, was stuff in the command center and where you can see the actors’ faces. The monster fights, the zords, the stuff with Rita on the moon, etc. was all Super Sentai footage.
And the reason that the yellow ranger didn’t have a skirt like the pink ranger did despite being played by a woman is becuase they weren’t played by a woman in Japan. The yellow ranger was a guy in the original Super Sentai series and was only made a girl in the US.
Racist as shit? Jesus christ. Cultural inappropriate maybe. I’ve seen neo nazi beating up a black guy once what was that then? Super turbo mega omega level racist?
Yeah. I can believe that Trini was an accident. They wanted two girl rangers. Blue, Red, and Black are “boy colors” whereas Yellow is neutral.
And Zack’s character was pretty normal for the era (black guy who incorporates “hip hop” into everything he does) but there is zero chance it was not intentional to cast the Black guy as Zack the Black ranger.
And yeah. Even as kids on the playground we all knew that was racist as shit. I’ll always remember my homeroom teacher trying not to laugh her ass off while she was telling us we can’t talk about how they should have cast a Native American as the Red Ranger.
What’s funny is right before they changed costumes with ZEO, they gave Tommy a Native American ancestor and then he became the red ZEO ranger.
Tommy is white… White ranger. Tommy discovers he is like 1/32 Native American… suddenly becomes Red ranger.
Honestly, that is pretty par for the course. Go get that ethnic minority scholarship you slightly-less-than-totally-white guy.
The real question is what they should have done with the blue ranger. All I can think of is David Carradine.
I found Rich Evans’ Lemmy account
Let’s be honest here: if the Carradines knew power rangers was a thing they would have insisted on putting on some yellow face and taking Thuy’s job.
Pink ranger must have been an accident, too.
No? Pink is a “girl” color. And even in the original sentai source material, Pink was a girl (hence the skirt). Yellow was a dude which is why you can really tell what scenes were filmed with the US stunt team/actors and what were from the original (hint: Is the bulge in the crotch or the chest?).
The costumes came before the US casting, and it already had a skirt.
So either they turned extremely progressive for a children show on the 90s or they cast a Scottish
Not just the costumes, much of the footage used was just re-editted footage straight from Japan’s Super Sentai series (specifically their 16th iteration). The only footage that was American made, for the most part, was stuff in the command center and where you can see the actors’ faces. The monster fights, the zords, the stuff with Rita on the moon, etc. was all Super Sentai footage.
And the reason that the yellow ranger didn’t have a skirt like the pink ranger did despite being played by a woman is becuase they weren’t played by a woman in Japan. The yellow ranger was a guy in the original Super Sentai series and was only made a girl in the US.
Racist as shit? Jesus christ. Cultural inappropriate maybe. I’ve seen neo nazi beating up a black guy once what was that then? Super turbo mega omega level racist?
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