Raygunn, the fake break dancer - what’s your take?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched the video and have no frame of reference. Why was it bad?

Thrashing on the floor like a fish or hopping like a kangaroo doesn’t require much skill. A high level of skill is expected for the Olympics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched the video and have no frame of reference. Why was it bad?

YouTube breakdancing videos and then compare those to the raygunn performance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the attitude that goes with breaking is kind of dumb, like why do they have to stand there while the other is competing and do things in response to each other?

I don't get why she is getting so much hate. It wasn't even a sport for women until like 2018 and the flak she is getting is sexism. How women do things is different than men. It's not going to look the same. So I feel sorry for her. I think it was funny she added animal impersonations, but she could actually do some moves most women can't do so I don't think she deserves all the criticism.

Wow, that’s an ignorant take on women and Raygun.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She showed the world what a joke the Olympics has become. With open borders and people playing for whichever country they want, this is all pointless bread and circuses for the dumb cattle masses.

You have a point. Seeing an American compete for Sweden in the high jump blew my mind.

Or pole vault world record.

Spread the spots! Train in texas and the. Compete for your parents country!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched the video and have no frame of reference. Why was it bad?

Because her entire body rolled around on the floor for 75% of it. No skill, no muscle, no musicality, no talent, no creativity. It was the most juvenile “dancing” I’ve seen from an adult in decades.

[Anonymous]

She wanted attention. She got it. Now she’s reportedly unhappy with the type of attention that she got. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rachael Gunn, somehow Australia put her on the Olympic team and she sucked, made a fool of everyone, scored zero points on all three dance offs, and demonstrated a very low level of skill, talent and creativity.

How did this happen? Why did it happen?

I think it was an elaborate piece of performance art to satirize something that never should have been a part of the Olympics in the first place.

This is what I thought, until I learned that her husband was on the selection committee and now it seems that she just wanted a free trip to Paris.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rachael Gunn, somehow Australia put her on the Olympic team and she sucked, made a fool of everyone, scored zero points on all three dance offs, and demonstrated a very low level of skill, talent and creativity.

How did this happen? Why did it happen?

Because nobody cared about Olympic break dancing. Or fish out of water imitations.

Raygun won the qualifying event for the Oceania region which saw only 15 women competing in Sydney. It's expensive to get to Sydney even from most other cities in Australia, not to mention the Pacific Islands or New Zealand.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gl34v4r98o



ccording to Wepiha, Gunn's victory in qualifying reflects the size of the “tiny” breaking scene in Australia, and the even tinier public and government support for it.
"I mean, we had to actually get people out of retirement to make up the numbers," he said.
"That's how small the scene is."
Others says there were rules which may have made a small talent pool even shallower – like the requirement that potential qualifiers be a member of AUSBreaking and that they have a valid passport, in line with rules put forward by the World Dance Sport Federation.
AUSBreaking did not respond to the BBC’s queries about Raygun’s selection, the financial support it receives or how it seeks out the country’s best breaking talent.
But Steve Gow, the group’s secretary and long-time b-boy Stevie G, tells the BBC the size and isolation of Australia inhibits the growth and development of the scene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I watched the video and have no frame of reference. Why was it bad?

Because her entire body rolled around on the floor for 75% of it. No skill, no muscle, no musicality, no talent, no creativity. It was the most juvenile “dancing” I’ve seen from an adult in decades.

+1

[Anonymous]

I hear she is esteemed as a hero in her country and referred to as ‘the Jewel of Australia’ and ‘the Aussie Diamond’.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hear she is esteemed as a hero in her country and referred to as ‘the Jewel of Australia’ and ‘the Aussie Diamond’.

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By herself no doubt.

[Anonymous]

Hey, how about we not make this about sexism. It’s not about that. This is about a sheltered, pseudo academic with no self-awareness who basically leveraged or conned her way into the Olympics (whoever you want to classify it), proceeded to flail around and score zero points, then show zero remorse, or really any contrition at all, for her grossly unqualified performance. If she had leaned into the humor of it, taken a step back, and perhaps showed a modicum of humility the entire world may have gone easier on her. But she really took up a spot from someone who could dance.

If she was a man, I’d lambast the fk out of him too. But anyone coming in here and clumsily calling “sexism” is just annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched the video and have no frame of reference. Why was it bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the attitude that goes with breaking is kind of dumb, like why do they have to stand there while the other is competing and do things in response to each other?

I don't get why she is getting so much hate. It wasn't even a sport for women until like 2018 and the flak she is getting is sexism. How women do things is different than men. It's not going to look the same. So I feel sorry for her. I think it was funny she added animal impersonations, but she could actually do some moves most women can't do so I don't think she deserves all the criticism.

Agree.

The final finisher in the Olympics marathon had a time near 4 hours — she wouldn’t have qualified for Boston with that time. She also walked for parts of it. But did the crowd/running community laugh? Nah, they cheered her on.

ray gun’s performance was bad, I just don’t see why she deserves a 5+ page thread about it.

The dear woman who won the women's marathon, Sifan Hassan, won metals in 2 other long distances races days before and she won this race in 2 hrs and 22 minutes setting an olympic record. Stop making shit up. How dare you compare the two women. You are the worst!

PP and how dare you shame the slowest runner. She finished the race, represented her country. You are lame.

Not to mention, she can't spell "medals."