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and he wasn't racist yet (quokk.au)
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[–] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Honestly, one of the best character introductions ever.

A whole arc where the new character has the whole team fighting for their lives. And Kimberly confronting Tommy at school without powers and he just goes all Heero Yuy on her.

It made his addition to the team feel earned. And the Green White Ranger that he became was a character from a completely different show. The localization of Power Rangers was such a production that it became something original.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The white ranger (green reskinned) was from a different show. The green ranger is from Super Sentai like the rest of them, the white ranger was from Gosei Sentai Dairanger. I just looked that up, neat!

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    • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Jokes aside, I got to meet the original Green Power Ranger when I was in Mexico City. He and his wife have a GREAT curry restaurant there. They're both super sweet.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Had, unfortunately he died a few years back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_David_Frank

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

    I mean the ORIGINAL Green. From Japan.

    https://powerrangers.fandom.com/wiki/Kyoryu_Sentai_Zyuranger

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Oh got it, that's cool! I wonder how he ended up in Mexico

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Oh fuck

    On November 19, 2022, Frank was found dead by suicide in a hotel in Houston, Texas.[47] His wife Tammie, who was also staying at the hotel, subsequently explained that Frank had been struggling with depression and other mental health issues.

    Mental health services need improving. Or just life in general tbh.

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    • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    Tommy was racist?

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  • [–] [S] 25 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    He became a white power ranger

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Oh shit. I never noticed that before.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Jason's actor was Native American. Zack is Black... Trini is Vietnamese.

    Billy the Boy is Blue and Kimberly the Girl is Pink.

    Even once you notice that I think you could probably argue it's actually decent expression of diversity and inclusion (graded on a curve for the 90's) that unironically did an "All Lives Matter" type reframing of "___ Power" type slogans well...

    If the producers didn't engage in racist, homophobic, and sexist bullying on set while screwing over all the actors and the White Ranger wasn't frequently portrayed as the equal or better of the whole team combined.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago*

    I mean, I definitely noticed that the colored rangers were stereotypically assigned in the most racist and misogynist way. Even as a kid, we all thought it was messed up that the black and yellow rangers were black and Asian. Also, I heard much later about the homophobia and general toxicity of the production.

    It just never occurred to me that it was the White Power Ranger. Especially when you consider that the show was a retread of a Japanese show that was several seasons behind, so they knew when they named them the Power Rangers that they would have a Black Power Ranger and a White Power Ranger. They could have called them literally anything. Super Hero Ninja Squad. Dino Buddy Fantastic Fighters. Mighty Morphin' Turbo Rangers.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah but that's from Japan, not here. So its not like white power.

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    • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Anyone see this Power Rangers short film from a few years back?

    https://youtu.be/wncYbIpm6hk

    Pretty badass

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