'Power Rangers' talks a big game on diversity. How does it measure up?
Like most '90's kids, in elementary school my friends and I often played Power Rangers.
While I wasn't a fan of either of the lady Rangers' color schemes, I was upset to constantly be delegated as the Yellow Ranger. I wanted to be the Pink Ranger. Kimberley got more screen time, and she was everything the media told me I should want to be: pretty, slim, white, and the object of male affection. She’s what I always saw on my screen, and she was what I wanted to be.
Fast-forward 20 years: I’m a not-so-slim queer woman who was delighted to hear that the newest incarnation of the Yellow Ranger is one I’d rush to playAs revealed by director Dean Israelite in a recent interview, Trini (played by singer Becky G), is questioning her sexuality. That would make her the first LGBTQ superhero on the big screen, something that should’ve happened long before 2017. Read more...
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