Overview

• The April 7 episode of the docuseries 'Hollywood Demons' reignited discussion on the racially insensitive casting in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
• Tony Oliver, the show's head writer, admitted that casting a Black actor as the Black Ranger and an Asian actor as the Yellow Ranger was a mistake, emphasizing it was unintentional at the time.
• Behind-the-scenes footage revealed that cast members, including Walter Emanuel Jones, were aware of and joked about the racial optics of the casting.
• The original Yellow Ranger, Audri Dubois, left the show after a pay dispute, leading to Thuy Trang being cast and edited into the pilot.
• The showrunners, Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, attributed the oversight to their unfamiliarity with American racial sensitivities, as they were new to the country when the series was created.