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'Power Rangers' writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black and Yellow Rangers was 'a mistake' (ew.com)

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[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

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.