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No thank you Netflix. We don’t want to relive the Raygun trauma
A documentary about the widely mocked Bgirl is out September 1
No! No! No! Let’s make a pact and anyone who likes anything related to Hip Hop–Bboying, Bgirling, graffiti, DJing, MCing, fashion–cannot watch Netflix’s documentary coming out on September 1, Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly. It has to stop.
For those that forgot, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Breaking was one of the new sports added to the games. For months, dancers went to various competitions around the globe in hopes to score enough points to be invited to the inaugural events in Paris, France. For many breakers, this was the dream of dream come true until the nightmare hit–Australia’s Raygun.
Most athletes go to the Olympics with little chances of winning a medal, but they are there to enjoy themselves and have fun. Eddie the Eagle and the Jamaican Bobsled team come to mind. Raygun’s Breaking “performance” was so utterly terrible that she was an instant meme and an embarrassment to the sport and her country.
Not only did Raygun make a fool of herself, but so many people decided that Breaking was just people withering around on the floor like a family of hopping kangaroos that got hit by a car. No one remembers who won the gold [Canada’s Phil Wizard in Men’s Breaking and Japan’s Bgirl Ami in Women’s Breaking]. No one remembers Bboy Hiro10’s spin moves that defied gravity and logic. But everyone remembers Raygun. How many Halloween costumes in 2024 were Bgirl Raygun?
Now, the Aussie academic is back with Netflix to tell her side of the story. Admittedly, Netflix is amazing with their documentaries on just about anything. But Raygun? Do we really need to hear her excuses or what she told her therapist? Do we care if she rigged the qualifiers to get a spot on the team? Let’s all just ignore Raygun and hope that she goes away as an ugly footnote in Hip Hop history.
Check out the trailer for Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly below.






