She willingly entered an arena where her performance would be judged, then she complains that she was judged on her performance. The negative comments are not from “haters” but from people rightly appalled at her miserable performance.
As a woman, we have to bring the very best. How did she not know this. More is expected of us anyway, to just break even. She brought shame on her country and on her gender. We can do better.
@@edvh88 it's not a gender thing though, she was competing against women. there's no "more is expected of her because she's a woman" no, she's expected to be at the level of the women she's competing against, nothing more.
@@ASDPOWERIt was a con job! Everyone needs to know that she formed the panel and made her husband the judge to get her into the Olympics. He disqualified all of the extraordinarily talented Australian dancers to put her forth. they deserve all of the criticism.
She was the only thing I saw of the Olympic Games but I laughed so much, she was well worth it. Anyway, break-dancing, as an Olympic sport? Really? Also, indirectly she's made this 'analysis' possible, and again, I was laughing out loud to myself at the 'battlefield' analogy @11:52 :)
That’s the thing. Anyone can be delusional about their talent, but they should be evaluated along the way and someone who’s not delusional should have stopped this along the way.
Criticism or an opinion you don’t like is not “hate”. Nobody hates her. People need to stop casually throwing the word hate around simply for being fairly criticized.
yes ! thank you. her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
Very true indeed. Highly unlikely that an amusing dance would provoke hate anyway. However, in the unlikely event that someone decided to feel hate, This is not illegal, neither is feeling love. feeling hate toward a person is sad and regrettable but is not a crime as long as we do not harm anyone or express hateful or threatening comments or actions. The woke community is attempting to cancel all human emotions and passions. They are already succeeding in many areas of creating a suicidally depressing dystopia. Sigh. Anyway. Yes, agree with you 100% that criticising an endeavour is our right, and is natural, and is nowhere near the same ball park as the emption of hate. World gone entirely mad.
It’s annoying, here in Australia the media is defending her at all costs. Just say it for what it is- she is mediocre and shouldn’t have been at the Olympics, she looked foolish. There is nothing wrong with criticism of it’s warranted which it definitely is here
@@ZestySea comes with the territory online, she doesn’t deserve to be bullied obviously, what lies have been spread ? She clearly is not the best in her field in Australia, her selection is shady at best
Imagine not being able to perform “power-moves”, which is the standard, and still somehow qualifying for the Olympic’s. She doesn’t even qualify to be a victim
@@Peter-hz3vsnot just that, female breakdancing simply isn't as competitive as male breakdancing and in general women lack the strength and coordination to perform at a high level. They should've set the limit for females to 8, not 16 like the males. There simply aren't 16 females who can perform at a level that the public would deem "Olympic level" and on top of that she wasn't even the best that Australia she had to offer as she rigged the qualification process. And also new Zealand was excluded from Oceania, further shrinking the talent pool
@@mark123655 but difference with Eddie was that he really was the only ski jumper we had, he could technically perform ski jumping and he embraced wholeheartedly that he was the underdog and was loved for that. I don’t believe Australia don’t have some extremely talented breakdancers that could have been found.
@@mark123655 so you really think there's no difference between those two competitors and Raygun? Are you dumb or are you just being intentionally obtuse?
Online HATE is cowardly and just bullying, basically. However, as an Australian I think we are entitled to criticise someone representing our country who we believe dropped the ball and basically looked like a complete amateur. If a person can't deal with having the eyes of the world on them and the opinions that are bound to come with them, then don't compete in the Olympics. And seriously, not one part of that routine made her look like she knew what she was doing.
Another Australian here. Exactly online bullying is inappropriate however the majority of the comments from Aussies are the same. Childish silly performance at an elite level.
She managed to do a head stand which was the only time she even got close. But no head spin, or back spin or shoulder spin thing that we called the hurricane when my brother used have the piece of graffitied card board we'd break on back in the 80's and the twin cassette boombox when I was like 8 and competed in a town v town B boy gang battle and was better than her with my back spin, hurricane, snake and wavy arm thing lol. Back when there was the movies, "Breakdance" and "Breakdance 2 electric boogaloo". Surely there was a B girl younger than 37 that coulda out done old Raygun. If they spent 25 mil couldn't they have thrown some grant money for a trip to Sydney to some serious contenders. Had em send in some vid and get em to compete in the heats? I heard that she had some say in where money was allocated to get people to heats as there was some controversy that she was apparently involved in about some indigenous boys that didn't get a grant to get em there to compete and they wouldn't of even been completion for her. So who else to get the funding to get there?? So maybe it wasn't rigged in the way people have suggested, but it seems to smell fishier than the flailing fish outta water she was impersonating lol. So anyway, I'm sure there was a young B girl that coulda out done a 37 yr old who when it boils down to it. Had bugger all when it came to the B girl game. 🤷♂🤔
I always wondered how ordinary Australians feel about this. All the media seems to support her and against the "bullying". Sometimes it feels like we live in some bizarro world when you listen to mainstream media. I get it, as an artistic type event, art can be interpreted many ways. But while this is more of an artistic event, there is some athleticism and physicality associated with it. And her routine offered very little of that. And my main issue is she devalues the "sport" or "event" by what essentially seems like trolling for laughs. The person winning the gold medal probably doesn't feel as proud as they should, because someone else competing in it that clearly has little talent. It would be like if Lebron James was playing against 5th graders. And this will of course be a danger when you have more artistic type events with judges and whatnot. But as I mentioned above, it's not just about art, there is athletic talent associated with these "dances" as well.
She has tried earnestly to misdirect the conversation to "sexism" and "hate." Never once taking accountability for her own actions. You're right- the best thing she could've done is own up to it and have a good laugh.
As if you care about break dancing lol. And author of this video is from USA, you know, the country who had Trump and Biden as last 2 presidents.. talking about meritocracy ?? Lol
Yep, and you know what, that’s show a lot of heart, and most people would laugh WITh her then, not at her… instead of negative cry-baby stuff she’s doing now that turns people off, for sure.
Everyone says they wish the Olympics would throw in average people for entertainment value and to really show how incredibly skilled the athletes are by comparison…well, here she is! 💀
The funny thing is that if they had a part of the even that was judged as that, it might have worked. It sure looked like they brought in someone from a different sport to let them give break dancing a try. It looked like she was parodying everyone else.
As an Australian I am deeply embarrassed by her performance. She made a mockery out of Australia and every athlete who put in blood sweat and tears and dedicated their lives to their sport. Now we have the Australian Olympic Commission and even our prime minister telling us what a hero she is. Unbelievable.
It does not affect me at all other than finding it funny. She has copped excessive flak, more than necessary, which blew out to unfounded and persistent false rumours so that was unfair. Perhaps that's made her defensive. As I said, I laughed too. I think maybe she went out on a limb. Maybe it evolved after finding out how strong her competitors were, who knows. I saw a clip she showed of training in a gym - perhaps what she meant by worked hard, rather than on her routine.
Yes. It is, imo the most cringe, embarrassing thing that Australia has ever been famous for. To top it off, she's going to become insanely wealthy from it. Latest online news is her husband who is also her coach has ties to the Olympic Selection Committee. But how did she ever get to appear in front of them? I'm usually good humoured when people poke fun at Australia online, but this makes me annoyed every time!
I'm just going straight out state that her behaviour is narcistic & screams NPD. She, through her own admission, knew she couldn't compete so did something that turned herself into the victim & demanded people attentions, praise & accolades all whilst being a failure. Furthermore, she has taken the spotlight off real athletes from Australia who did extremely well & have turned their success into a mockery of our olympic achievements whilst also stealing the spotlight off the other breakers in the competition. Does anyone know who won the breaking gold. I haven't heard. I know there was a male competitor from Australia but I have no idea who he is or how he went. She has taken everything & gave nothing. The world's response to her is justified & she should be held accountable for her actions and for the performance.
You’re an amazing Psychologist to accurately diagnose NPD from this. Everyone throws around the word narcissistic like it’s candy at Halloween. Just stop.
@@scottgodkins2017 YOU TRIGGGGGGGGGEEEERRRREEEEED🤣🤣🤣 Maybe learn English comprehension before commenting, makes you look less like the DH are seem to be!!! 😆 My comment isn't a diagnosis, it clearly states "screams of NPD" plus it's not just from just this video DH, it is taking everything into account!
@nicolecarter1072 because he was fine. He was a good breakdancer but not good enough, he gave his all, great. Did you watch him or just note his score? The issue is not losing. There is a loser at every single sport at the Olympics.
Oh hey Kathy, l chat with you on VD’s channel sometimes. I completely agree with your comment, people who pride themselves on being “nice” don’t realise it’s actually cruel at times to be “nice”, to refrain from saying what you’re actually thinking.. It doesn’t do the other person any good to indulge them in their delusion and not point out the obvious.. I think it’s better to be kind, kind people aren’t always nice, and nice people aren’t always kind. Had people been kind to “Dr Raygun” instead of being nice, then she wouldn’t have found herself in this situation.. Luckily she’s narcissistic, without any self-awareness, that will continue to protect her. She doesn’t appear to be genuinely upset in her come back video, she seems to be smirking, almost like Duper’s delight, she make sure to let everyone know she’ll be back in a couple of weeks, she’s building anticipation and going to milk this for all it’s worth, her micro-expressions seem like she can hardly wait until that happens, the little breaths that she lets out at the end of some of her words smack of superiority and delusion. She’s talking from a self-appointed place of authority, by saying “and here’s a fun fact..” What are your thoughts on her speech?
At my place of work one of the "nicest guys" at work always complains others aren't as empathetic as he. At the same time he's also one of the most passive aggressive people, holds grudges, simmers with resentment for being walked all over his life. The word beta comes mind.
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
@@jessicaa3623 Grrrrrr! I feel your annoyance. I seriously want to slap “nice” people, out of kindness. 😁 They’re often VERY manipulative, they know how to manipulate others so that they’re popular in liked and others can’t see that that’s what they’re doing, it’s so frustrating, and you end up looking like the bad guy for trying to point their manipulation out! And they always seem to win at the mind games, and everyone then love them more because you’re being a “big meanie” to them apparently!
Dr Grande, as an Australian, I want to thank you so much for your objective and comprehensive analysis of this unfortunate situation. This whole Raygun travesty has understandably caused so much anger and embarrassment. As I said the other day, she would’ve been wise to laugh at herself (with the rest of the world) and simply admit defeat, rather than casting herself as the victim and engaging in offensive, gaslighting behaviours. Thank you again. 🙏
As a fellow Australian, I haven't felt any anger or embarrassment. I thought it was hilarious! I'm not trying to be rude, but maybe you should try to change your outlook on life you can't have a laugh.
I dated a Vietnamese dude way back in the day & he threw rave parties all the time. When I tell you this group of kids from New Orleans would absolutely blow your mind with their dancing skills, it is still an understatement. Those kids were quite literally able to spin on the top of their heads with no hands, all night at that!!!! Her performance was a massive troll job. Yay for us. 🙄
She wants to play victim now, as an x-elite gymnast I know what it takes to get to the Olympics . She’s not an athlete period. There is a good reason for the criticism….of course the new woke view is “ I’m a victim of hate “
@@jsmithsemper4848 I wonder if there are rules of what they can and can't do like the gymnastics. I'm not saying this in regards to Raygun, but I was expecting all that from the others.
I've been saying for a couple days: if she would just come out and say "I went to the Olympics and I sucked!" she would instantly become way more endearing with the public than she is right now. In fact, she should get that printed on a t-shirt and just start wearing it around. I think that would be in keeping with typical Aussie humour.
She doesn't have to say it nor has had time to do since everyone is doing it for her. Enough already! She'll never be seen nor be back again. She's had her punishment if that's what people are looking for.
Exactly. Why dont ppl get this. Its not just Raygun. Its everyone in politics. Just take some responsibilty, own it, say sorry and the public will be with you.
Yes indeed. Some high school dance class could have had a life changing trip to the Olympics, instead public money has been wasted on a delusional 36year old.
How popular do you think breaking is as a sport? How popular is it in Australia? How popular is it among FEMALE Australians? You are dealing with an incredibly small pool of potential applicants here. It is part of the underground culture of Hip Hop. It should be left there.
@@rebymunster Woody Allen famously said 90% of life is showing up. So even if there are better dancers, hypothetically, they have failed before they have started if they cannot even be present at the qualifying rounds which I am sure occurred prior to the Olympics.
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She did a great rendition of a preschool chicken dance to keep the kids occupied, nothing more. What she did do was make the world aware that breakdancing has no place in the Olympics.
It seems that Rachael Gunn suffers from the Dunning-Kruger effect; where she doesn't know enough about breakdancing to know how badly she performed in breakdancing.
Universities are now shameless. Here in Australia they pass foreign students who cheat and can barely speak English. Being woke counts for more than intellectual rigour. I hate to think what Rachel’s courses are like.
I think this is so infuriating because, as a professor, she was supposed to be fostering other peoples' abilities, and instead it looks like she just hogged all opportunities for herself.
i would like to know the committee who selected her and by viewing her routine thought this was technically above average to consider for the olympics ??
@@Jairogliphx Gaslighting is a term used to describe the manipulation of someone’s thoughts in an attempt to make them question their perception of reality. Incidentally Dr. Grande has done some videos on the subject, I recommend!
"Staying with the military analogy used in breakdancing, Rachel didn't simply lose the battle...She was blown off the battlefield, kicked out of the army, and forced to give up her pension. This was less of a battle and more of an extinction level event." 😂 His deadpan clinical savagery is epic.
Rachael is of the generation when they started giving kids participation trophies and telling kids they're good at something even when they suck. She's the poster child of what is happening to these children now that they have all grown up. I have a feeling this is going to be talked about for years to come and this isn't the last time we'll see someone like this.
I'm Australian, and not since Lay-down Sally has there been a "sports"-person this heavily criticised. The fact that she went to the Olympics, representing our country and brought that much shame on us is worthy of derision. Not only did she humiliate our country but she's also taking time and attention away from all the amazing athletes who turned up in good faith and brought their A-Game, whether or not they won medals or not (and there were plenty who did). She should be absolutely ashamed of herself, and now hastily forgotten while we celebrate the people worthy of remembrance for the right reasons.
At least Lay-down was able to row her canoe for 90% of the race before quitting. But Raygun will be a punchline for probably decades to come. Way worse than Lay down Sally!
Reminds me of Kim Kardashian who sent her daughter North-West to perform at Hollywood's Lion King musical few months back. North-West didn't prepare for it at all.😅😢 North-West - and by extension, her parents - treated the professional Broadway performance as a public karaoke performance.
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
She's angry she made a fool of herself Worldwide, but can't bring herself to point the finger at herself. Her performance was equivalent to my kid saying *"hey Mom watch what I can do!"* She needs to grow up!
Yes, but she is actually the victim of cyber harassment. I can't imagine how she must be feeling right now. It's literally everywhere on social media. I hope she's strong. People have committed to the irreparable harm for less than that. A little more empathy and a little less wickedness. That is the true essence of Olympic sports.
I have a degree in Theater. I am not a dancer. I probably look like she does. I forced my way through dance (and math). The difference is knew not to dance in public.
I really hate how someone like her can become famous for being below average at what she attempted. Meanwhile the most skilled and talented breakdancers, female or male, get nowhere as much recognition, if any. This has become a recurring trend in the age of social media where talentless people are routinely rewarded with fame, fortune, and opportunities.
Exactly, there are so many talented athletes who gave amazing performances in breaking’s Olympic debut, but most people are going to come away from this remembering one dancer’s embarrassingly bad performance, and thinking Olympic breaking is a joke
Social Media does this by design to keep consumerism and FOMO at the forefront of our mind. Zuckerberg really fxcked the world up and was paid handsomely to do so off an idea he stole from somebody else
I don't know anyone at this year's Olympics except for all the weirdos. It's sad but true. Then again, who is watching the Olympics? It should be the media trying to push how awesome people are, not showing the dumpster fire XD That's why people find out about this stuff.
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
What got me was her disgusting sportsmanship during the battles. When other teams were hyping each other up she walked around yawning and making dismissive gestures. That above all showed her true character.
@@StackeyBlue What was on display at the olympics wasn't a good representation of a traditional breaking comp. It's a bit like battle rapping, you are disrespecting the opponent but only as part of the show. Watch some real breaking comps and you will see lots of rude gestures being made, mocking of the opponents moves and style. It's generally all light hearted, expected and enjoyed by competitors and observers. If one good thing comes of this shamozzle it will be people taking a look into breaking and finding out what it is really about.
No it's not 'hate'. It's a 37 year old who has been held accountable for the first time in her life. She's used to getting away with weasling money, opportunities and support without any real talent or competence.
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
@@HI4 Sometimes it's better to be a stranger among strangers. I wish to nobody to receive all the hate that raygun has received in the last couple of days. Being called nonstop a cheat, a fraud, a narcissistic, a delusional, an hysteric, etc. isn't easy. Especially, when that moment was supposed to be the highlight of your life, proudly representing your country and participating at the Olympic games! And what is your reward, you get literally trained into the mud by a mob of social media enthusiasts who show no empathy at all. Trust me, you need to be extremely tough to get through that.
$25 million for plane tickets, hotel accommodations, and food for a dozen people tops? They wonder why people are just dropping out. Not watching any of it, taking the news seriously, consuming less and less media overall. They've earned it.
That's a very good investment. We will forgot the Olympic records and Gold medals but Raygun's performance will never be forgotten. She is the crown jewel of Australian sports.
Exactly! Yet people have been posting themselves doing her routine on the internet and doing a better job at it! And they gave it what, 2 days practice?? 😂
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
This has become so ridiculous. A 36-year old questionably talented "break dancer" is not being bullied when people point out that scoring ZERO in the Olympics is a farce and embarrassment.
On a positive note, there was an archer from Chad that was 1 of 4 from his country sent to compete! And a javelin thrower from Pakistan that earned a gold medal!
People who have probably overcome real adversity rather than a self-announced DEI advocate and enforcer. Guess her PhD thesis? Look her up she's posted her trail of career successes on LinkedIn and elsewhere here in Oz. Her unwarranted, self-satisfied, conceit is truly 21st century in scale. Unfortunately, as you mention, if that was an Olympic event she'd have fierce competition.
@@scroopynooperz9051 Nah. She's as safe as houses. All the usual suspects have already scurried forward to denounce her "haters": the Prime Minister, the Head of the Australian Olympic Team, the news media and all the other third rate rats n mice that have colonised our institutions. We are as lost in the midst of self-harming DEI lunacy as the UK and USA. Expect a lot more of the same from us!
I find it hard to believe that she was one of the best options Australia had. Like, they seriously couldn't find a better competitor? They couldn't find someone that breakdanced professionally? Nobody that was passionate about their breakdancing hobby? They couldn't even find a tamed kangaroo?
I don’t know, Raygun’s “kangaroo move” was a bold move that incorporated artistic merit AND national pride! Ok I’m just kidding, she looked like curly from The Three Stooges throughout most of her dance
And even if it's true that she is the best in Australia (doubt it)...it would not have been better not to send anyone, and give the opportunity to some other country?
Apparently there are a lot of young people into breaking but her and her husband were involved in the group getting together the competitors for Oceania. So it could be corruption and/or nepotism where they didn’t advertise the qualifiers in communities with breakers, and they would have known where they were in the country since they were both into that culture. I miss my days of innocence where I thought she was a Borat-level troll. I would have respected that if she really was the best they had to offer.
No way no how she won jack spit anywhere. She’s not a competitive dancer, period. It’s an insult to breaking and to Australia. As far as the rest, that’s on the officials who allowed this to happen.
Yea I do not believe that the other (Molly?) B Girl from Australia genuinely lost to Rachel in any competitive skills assessment. It’s obvious when you compare the two individually from previous competition’s. I really do hope the truth comes out on this one. Redacted did a well researched show on her and her husband’s influential ties.
@@augustsnowfall5189 I grew up in the 80s in los angeles and it was something we did for kicks, you could tell who was good and who wasn't. My buddy was one of those, he still does the moonwalk which is pretty hilarious at his age. Right off the bat I knew she was either terrible or trolling. Good she got a zero.
Well.... "Academics" allowed "cultural studies" and the granting of a PhD degree for "Deterritorializing Gender in Sydney's Breakdancing Scene: a B-girl's Experience of B-boying" to happen, so...
Feels to me the outrage is disproportionate. There was a Somalian runner that performed worse than her and is proven to be also a product of nepotism. No outrage, no consistency. I believe it is because she looks like a woke liberal that she received the outrage.
There was an actual victim here. Raygun took away a true competitor's opportunity from them to represent Australia on the olympics. It warrants an investigation into the selection process.
How about the entire country of Australia. This is the best we got. Regardless of the real reason it was cancelled. Her performance will forever tied to its cancellation
Informative impartial and factual! As an Australian whose been pretty disappointed with Mrs Gunns reaction to her abysmal performance its nice to see things laid out so clearly. Definitely a new subscriber.
Ray Gun seems pretty narcissistic about the mess. I don't wish her ill wishes, but with her attitude about embarrassing herself, her country and the sport, she should abandon the public life immediately, she should apologize for gaslighting her competitors and admit the technical skill to be there she does not possess.
I could only find a one minute clip of her routine and I couldn’t even finish it. It was painful. What surprises me most is how Australia, a powerful nation, chose her to represent them.
I couldn't agree more, a simple apology like "I'm sorry, I thought I was being cute and funny knowing I didn't have the skills to win" would have went so much further. what makes it even harder to swallow is seeing athletes like the marathon runner from Bhutan who came in last giving it all she had.
She does have some skill if you watch her actual full performance. She was just nowhere near as smooth and powerful as her opponents. She should have said she did her best to represent her country by trying to compete in areas she thought she would do best and which would be fun, but her opponents were just too good. Which is all true. This has been blown out of all proportion, probably mainly by people who have never actually competed at a decent level at any sport.
She exhibited no talent. No choreography, no athleticism, no rhythm, and no sense that she had any idea of what's happening. Please stop living in delusion, you sound reasonable. Please show comparable examples where a routine similar to Rachel's can win, perhaps at a lower level. Otherwise, just, no. @@Orion3T
Raygun, lost her three round-robin breaking battles Friday by scores of 18-0, 18-0 and 18-0..... So basically it was 54-0 ----------- SHE WAS THAT BAD!
She had a few percentages where she 'won" I think her point is she is not a total zero, she did score some percentages just not enough to earn any points. I guess that's like being almost not a zero or something in her mind.
Your dry humor was the perfect ingredient for this flawless analysis. What a treasure and testament to high education you are sir. One in a billion on TH-cam.
That's actually 25% right. There are elite athletes at the Olympics, but it's a not a best of the best of the world competition. Only 2 competitors from a single country are allowed in any one event. For example, if the top 10 cyclists were 5 from France and 5 from Spain we wouldn't see the top cyclists in the world competing. We'd see the top 4 cyclists and everyone else. It's not for fun and jokes, though. It's an exercise in global unity, cooperation and competition. It has it's merits but it's not the end all award of any sport, really, despite how it's been touted culturally. To be clear, anyone who wins a medal, or even competes (seriously competes; present company excluded) in the Olympics are vastly more talented than I am and should be proud of their accomplishment. I'm only pointing out that the full pool of the most elite athletes in these sports are often not on show.
I think she expected to be the next Jamaican Bobsled Team sensation and be embraced as the plucky underdog who stole our hearts. It didn't work. Just speculation, I am not diagnosing.
she said she knew she wouldn't beat them, so she just had fun. #1) taxpayers shouldn't pay for your fun. #2) she scored a ZERO. An "olympian" scored a zero. Its not that she is a woman she literally scored nothing. This was a free paris trip for fun and I think she needs to pay back the funds that she used to go
The AOC also said that DanceSport Australia and athletes received no federal government funding, and the Australian Olympic team for Paris was fully funded by the AOC with no federal taxpayers' funds involved
@@mynameisnobody211 Sponsorship (primarily corporate), licencing (mostly apparel and merchandise), fundraising activities, IOC funding and distributions from the Australian Olympic Foundation managed funds.
To call the criticism bullying is just pathetic and basically an insult to people who really have gotten bullied. Imo she is so disrespectful, she must be a very twisted sister.
@ragnardanneskjold7675 I get it, history is hard, but we're gonna make it easy today, cool? Alright, so the 50s REALLY started the whole "participation trophy" rhetoric in all honesty, due to the economic prosperity of the middle class. That led to those children who are now adults in the late 60s and 70s to grow up to be self-centered and entitled (which is why you see so many boomers today still act that way). And that's where the "opinion bad, must be bullying" mindset really started forming.
Australian here. I am so embarrassed by her. We have a culture and saying here of “giving it a crack” meaning trying your best. In a post “battle” interview she said this: "I was never going to beat these girls on what they do best: their power moves," Gunn said of those competitors in her group. "What I bring is creativity." Gunn said all of her moves were original and that she was trying to be as creative as possible. "Creativity is really important to me. I go out there and I show my artistry. Sometimes it speaks to the judges, and sometimes it doesn't. I do my thing, and it represents art. That is what it is about," Gunn added. No mate. Just because you know you can’t win doesn’t mean you screw around. You try your best. It’s like being in the 100m sprint and knowing you are a full second behind your competitors best. So you decide to skip down the lane? No you run your best. It’s a slap in the face to your country, the games, and mostly the other competitors. Just shameful. Then to cry about your pathetic performance. Very disappointing.
Australian here and I agree. She exemplifies everything wrong with our nation with its slide into DEI madness. She’s the tip of the covid lockdown, the Voice nonsense, the obsession with immediate decarbonisation feelings over facts degeneracy…..
The only other Aussie woman breaker I've seen perform is Holy Molly and while I doubt she would have medaled, she wouldn't have embarrassed her country.
It's so obvious she was going to play the victim card. Her entire thesis was based on the perceived exclusion and underrepresentation of women in break dancing. She was always going to cry misogyny because she knew she had no business even being there.
@@axxa5000 I think she actually believes she should have been there, due to her delusion, narcissism, lack of self awareness and inability to self reflect. But if she didn’t win then she could always use the misogynistic angle and/or the victim card.
Seems like she knew a lot. She seems like a proper Machiavellian. You may give her more credits that you actually indented to. By the way, "the victim card" is legit when she is actually a victim.
As an Australian, she is not a breakdancer of any position. She was embarrassing and has become a laughing stock. She just threw herself all over the floor without anything that resembled choreography. Whoever told her she was good enough has misled her into thinking that she's better than she is. That's my opinion 🇦🇺
As an Aussie, I am wondering how she got that far to begin with. You would not have this happen with our swimmers or any other categories no? I just think of the tremendous sacrifice that the athletes have made over years to get to the Olympics and contrast with her entry… it does not smell right.
She is a perfect example of what happens when you are never told no. The Olympic committee has said that they will never have this event again thanks to the joke that her and her husband made of it.
I feel bad for Molly, the real Australian break dancer who was "beat" by Rachel in qualifying battle. THERES NO WAY anyone who has ever seen breakdancing could mistake what Rachel did as breaking.
The AOC also said that DanceSport Australia and athletes received no federal government funding, and the Australian Olympic team for Paris was fully funded by the AOC with no federal taxpayers' funds involved
You may have " Seen " Breaking but you've never Done Breaking. Anyonr who has ever DONE Breaking knows that Ray Gun not only beat Molly but she's better at Breaking 🤷🏾
She and Australia’s Olympic Committee Scammed Australia . How many others got a free 2 weeks all expenses paid trip to Paris and, the Honour of calling themselves Olympians ? Please don’t say this performer was Artistic, Dynamic , Graceful or Talented . More a Scammer rolling around the floor laughing at Australian tax payers .
It’s what you call vendors like hotels and such charging outrageous fees cause rich people pay it and even competitors that arnt wealthy pay to compete! As long as the wealthy don’t question prices and willingly throw money into the coffers then it will only get more expensive!
I really enjoy your channel. I like the way you deliver information and the way you speak. The tone of your voice is comforting and you are as unbiased as it gets…IMO. I really enjoy your content and appreciate your professionalism.
Dr. Grande, have you ever thought you’d be explaining how breakdancing is scored in the Olympics? Also, she invited the whole world to analyze her scores. Little did she know that we have the best analyzer of scores and what could be happening in the situation like this in the world 🗺️ ❤ Thank you, Dr. Grande - you’re my favorite TH-camr and I always look forward to your videos 💃🏻
@@EbsSeven Who were the judges? There's a famous French B-Boy named Lilou (won a few BC-One competitions in the 00's) who, as a Frenchman and expert B-Boy, would have been a perfect judge.
For this to be born in the Bronx and yet none of the originators from there or anyone from NYC even made it to the grand stage will never sit right with me
@@staceyshere I almost cried, I should have, I'm so angry 😠 now. It's called Break Dancing and they're now trying to profit from what WE ❤🖤💚 create. So tired of the JEALOUSY from the colonizers. Now MyKayla is trying to call Simone Biles to do what? Make them leave me alone she's crying, didn't she block Simone. I'm glad the WORLD saw what we gotta go thru in America. Have a beautiful day! Don't forget to vote, please. 💜 Our ancestors deserve that respect.
@@winstonwilliams4859 Look at the trials. We had no-one who was competitive.. even the Australian male who looked far more like an athletic breakdancer only scored 2 points of 54
Rachael clearly has a fragile ego. She threw away an opportunity to take the high road and admit defeat like a mature adult. Instead she is now the subject of media scrutiny.
Truth is subjective. Btw, she knows what she is doing. She writes the academic papers on the subject. She believes that Breakdancing is Male Oriented Patriarchal Structure. So she is Deconstructing Breakdancing. * It's not a joke. You can read her papers.
She's going to benefit enormously in her academic career writing about this event. She has already got a published paper on the topic, relevant to this discussion, suggesting why she may have thrown the match. Her PhD on breaking has allowed her to work as an academic and secure a good income for life. She may be one of the few people in the world who has leveraged break dancing to make a good income actually. The irony.
This is the worst part for me. People continuously reward the most entitled, destructive members of society. She’s the human embodiment of “failing upwards”.
I am so glad that I listened to this podcast in full. Dr. Grande had me concerned temporarily, but his judgment and logic rose to the surface as always.
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She willingly entered an arena where her performance would be judged, then she complains that she was judged on her performance. The negative comments are not from “haters” but from people rightly appalled at her miserable performance.
As a woman, we have to bring the very best. How did she not know this. More is expected of us anyway, to just break even. She brought shame on her country and on her gender. We can do better.
Exactly! This is the result of "participation trophies".
@@joeszymanski3540woke stuff
@@silly_hammy1she identifies as a B girl
@@edvh88 it's not a gender thing though, she was competing against women. there's no "more is expected of her because she's a woman" no, she's expected to be at the level of the women she's competing against, nothing more.
“Rachael did not possess any unfair advantage, she also didn’t possess any breakdancing skills” 🤣
hahahahahaha
@@ASDPOWERIt was a con job! Everyone needs to know that she formed the panel and made her husband the judge to get her into the Olympics. He disqualified all of the extraordinarily talented Australian dancers to put her forth. they deserve all of the criticism.
😂😂😂
He dunked on her so bad 😂
😅😂😅😂
She put herself on a world stage and now she's unhappy the world is giving their honest opinion.
What kind of Colloseum mentality is this?
She's the real deal
She's certainly generated some world class memes! 🤣
Exactly
She was the only thing I saw of the Olympic Games but I laughed so much, she was well worth it. Anyway, break-dancing, as an Olympic sport? Really?
Also, indirectly she's made this 'analysis' possible, and again, I was laughing out loud to myself at the 'battlefield' analogy @11:52 :)
When you’ve been coddled all your life and told you’re awesome all the time, then a flash of truth and reality may sound like hate.
🎯 nailed it
Bingo
Precisely !! This is what we get for giving everybody a trophy for participating.
That’s the thing. Anyone can be delusional about their talent, but they should be evaluated along the way and someone who’s not delusional should have stopped this along the way.
“Her defeat can be demonstrated mathematically”. Man, this is pure gold.
Not only that, but she even “chose to _break_ in another direction!”
- _The Acoustic Rabbit Hole_
*Extinction level event* was also mean but accurate
Pity she didn't get a Gold!! 👀👀🙄
@@pixie3760 Yes. Though, I least her performance was PURE gold!
@@SedatKPunktExtinction level was hilarious.
Criticism or an opinion you don’t like is not “hate”. Nobody hates her. People need to stop casually throwing the word hate around simply for being fairly criticized.
The breakdancing community in it's birthplace of NYC definitely hates her 😂😂
@@YYmmmYYdeserved?
yes ! thank you. her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
Very true indeed. Highly unlikely that an amusing dance would provoke hate anyway. However, in the unlikely event that someone decided to feel hate, This is not illegal, neither is feeling love. feeling hate toward a person is sad and regrettable but is not a crime as long as we do not harm anyone or express hateful or threatening comments or actions. The woke community is attempting to cancel all human emotions and passions. They are already succeeding in many areas of creating a suicidally depressing dystopia. Sigh. Anyway. Yes, agree with you 100% that criticising an endeavour is our right, and is natural, and is nowhere near the same ball park as the emption of hate. World gone entirely mad.
Your comment wins the day! 🙌
It’s annoying, here in Australia the media is defending her at all costs. Just say it for what it is- she is mediocre and shouldn’t have been at the Olympics, she looked foolish. There is nothing wrong with criticism of it’s warranted which it definitely is here
@@ZestySea comes with the territory online, she doesn’t deserve to be bullied obviously, what lies have been spread ? She clearly is not the best in her field in Australia, her selection is shady at best
Mediocre?
That’s being FAR too polite. It was way beyond terrible.
From Melbourne here she will always remembered as the shame of Australia.
@@FutureSystem738 I can say that she did one or two moves I could not have done, like that head spin, but other than that yes, she was rubbish.
I haven't seen any media defending her here in Australia....
Imagine not being able to perform “power-moves”, which is the standard, and still somehow qualifying for the Olympic’s. She doesn’t even qualify to be a victim
These types will find a way to be a victim. She's woke that's all we need to know😅
To be fair, the Oceania breakdancing is a lot weaker comparing to Asia and Europe. Sometimes you just get lucky
@@heatherbishop9260what did she do that's woke?
@@ramseydoon8277 the Australian Olympic chief defended her performance and started banging on about women's rights.
@@Peter-hz3vsnot just that, female breakdancing simply isn't as competitive as male breakdancing and in general women lack the strength and coordination to perform at a high level. They should've set the limit for females to 8, not 16 like the males. There simply aren't 16 females who can perform at a level that the public would deem "Olympic level" and on top of that she wasn't even the best that Australia she had to offer as she rigged the qualification process. And also new Zealand was excluded from Oceania, further shrinking the talent pool
Can you imagine ranking 64th in a breakdancing competition and then a month later thinking that you are Olympic material?? 😐
She's a Narcissist that's the pro blem
@@AE2003FU Eddie the Eagle, Eric the Eel. Olympics just isn't about the absolute best in a sport. Spots are reserved for weaker countries/ regions.
@@mark123655 but difference with Eddie was that he really was the only ski jumper we had, he could technically perform ski jumping and he embraced wholeheartedly that he was the underdog and was loved for that.
I don’t believe Australia don’t have some extremely talented breakdancers that could have been found.
@@mark123655 so you really think there's no difference between those two competitors and Raygun? Are you dumb or are you just being intentionally obtuse?
Delusional narcissism
I am just glad at least the Olympic judges were HONEST.
There is still hope for the world!
oh for sure.
I can only imagine the silent "what the hell was that?!"-looks on their faces
@@SleepySloth2705 That's exactly how the judges looked, so your imagination is working well! 😳
True!
I’m satisfied that we live in the world where the minimum competency for Olympic judges is …”eyesight”
The true victim here is indeed all of our eyes...
😂😂😂
In particular, our AU eyes have been hurt the most.
And brains too, for having to process what our eyes saw & making sense of the craziness around it.
😂😂😂😂
And the one Australian person who could have gone instead of her.
$25,000,000 to send the breakdancing Olympic team? Raygun accidentally exposed the corrupt nature of the Australian Olympic Committee
There's no way it's $25M. Has to be an error
The 25M was for the WHOLE olympic team John
25 Million...... 25. How many thousand people did they send in this whole team?
How TF does it cost 25mil to put a few people on the plane and lay them in cardboards beds in an ordinary hotel? SCAM
That's crazy and outrageous 25m for a team to spend a few weeks in France
Online HATE is cowardly and just bullying, basically.
However, as an Australian I think we are entitled to criticise someone representing our country who we believe dropped the ball and basically looked like a complete amateur.
If a person can't deal with having the eyes of the world on them and the opinions that are bound to come with them, then don't compete in the Olympics.
And seriously, not one part of that routine made her look like she knew what she was doing.
Another Australian here. Exactly online bullying is inappropriate however the majority of the comments from Aussies are the same. Childish silly performance at an elite level.
Exactly! Maybe don’t represent a whole nation if you aren’t ready to!
She managed to do a head stand which was the only time she even got close. But no head spin, or back spin or shoulder spin thing that we called the hurricane when my brother used have the piece of graffitied card board we'd break on back in the 80's and the twin cassette boombox when I was like 8 and competed in a town v town B boy gang battle and was better than her with my back spin, hurricane, snake and wavy arm thing lol. Back when there was the movies, "Breakdance" and "Breakdance 2 electric boogaloo". Surely there was a B girl younger than 37 that coulda out done old Raygun. If they spent 25 mil couldn't they have thrown some grant money for a trip to Sydney to some serious contenders. Had em send in some vid and get em to compete in the heats? I heard that she had some say in where money was allocated to get people to heats as there was some controversy that she was apparently involved in about some indigenous boys that didn't get a grant to get em there to compete and they wouldn't of even been completion for her. So who else to get the funding to get there?? So maybe it wasn't rigged in the way people have suggested, but it seems to smell fishier than the flailing fish outta water she was impersonating lol. So anyway, I'm sure there was a young B girl that coulda out done a 37 yr old who when it boils down to it. Had bugger all when it came to the B girl game. 🤷♂🤔
Yeh but losing should be indication enough ...there's no need to rush in and kick someone who is already down
I always wondered how ordinary Australians feel about this. All the media seems to support her and against the "bullying". Sometimes it feels like we live in some bizarro world when you listen to mainstream media. I get it, as an artistic type event, art can be interpreted many ways. But while this is more of an artistic event, there is some athleticism and physicality associated with it. And her routine offered very little of that.
And my main issue is she devalues the "sport" or "event" by what essentially seems like trolling for laughs. The person winning the gold medal probably doesn't feel as proud as they should, because someone else competing in it that clearly has little talent. It would be like if Lebron James was playing against 5th graders.
And this will of course be a danger when you have more artistic type events with judges and whatnot. But as I mentioned above, it's not just about art, there is athletic talent associated with these "dances" as well.
She has tried earnestly to misdirect the conversation to "sexism" and "hate." Never once taking accountability for her own actions. You're right- the best thing she could've done is own up to it and have a good laugh.
As if you care about break dancing lol. And author of this video is from USA, you know, the country who had Trump and Biden as last 2 presidents.. talking about meritocracy ?? Lol
Yep, and you know what, that’s show a lot of heart, and most people would laugh WITh her then, not at her… instead of negative cry-baby stuff she’s doing now that turns people off, for sure.
@@LynSmithmusickeep puting the boot in looser,can you tie your own shoelaces
Her PhD is in pointing out sexism and racism in breakdancing
she should have been glad that she was even allowed to compete.
Everyone says they wish the Olympics would throw in average people for entertainment value and to really show how incredibly skilled the athletes are by comparison…well, here she is! 💀
😂
Nasty if you, but, being Australian myself, I do find it very difficult to believe that Rachael is the Oceania B girl champion
The funny thing is that if they had a part of the even that was judged as that, it might have worked. It sure looked like they brought in someone from a different sport to let them give break dancing a try. It looked like she was parodying everyone else.
Everyone says that?
We all know what average people look like doing Olympic sports, we really don't need to be shown 'for entertainment value'.
Lol nobody asked for this.
As an Australian I am deeply embarrassed by her performance. She made a mockery out of Australia and every athlete who put in blood sweat and tears and dedicated their lives to their sport.
Now we have the Australian Olympic Commission and even our prime minister telling us what a hero she is. Unbelievable.
She was horrible and to old to be break dancing.
I’m with you! Her performance was a kick in the guts to every Australian. She should be ashamed.
@@butterflywings8332 It’s unbelievable isn’t it?!
It does not affect me at all other than finding it funny. She has copped excessive flak, more than necessary, which blew out to unfounded and persistent false rumours so that was unfair. Perhaps that's made her defensive. As I said, I laughed too. I think maybe she went out on a limb. Maybe it evolved after finding out how strong her competitors were, who knows. I saw a clip she showed of training in a gym - perhaps what she meant by worked hard, rather than on her routine.
Yes. It is, imo the most cringe, embarrassing thing that Australia has ever been famous for. To top it off, she's going to become insanely wealthy from it.
Latest online news is her husband who is also her coach has ties to the Olympic Selection Committee. But how did she ever get to appear in front of them?
I'm usually good humoured when people poke fun at Australia online, but this makes me annoyed every time!
I'm just going straight out state that her behaviour is narcistic & screams NPD. She, through her own admission, knew she couldn't compete so did something that turned herself into the victim & demanded people attentions, praise & accolades all whilst being a failure.
Furthermore, she has taken the spotlight off real athletes from Australia who did extremely well & have turned their success into a mockery of our olympic achievements whilst also stealing the spotlight off the other breakers in the competition. Does anyone know who won the breaking gold. I haven't heard. I know there was a male competitor from Australia but I have no idea who he is or how he went.
She has taken everything & gave nothing. The world's response to her is justified & she should be held accountable for her actions and for the performance.
Canada won!🎉
You’re an amazing Psychologist to accurately diagnose NPD from this. Everyone throws around the word narcissistic like it’s candy at Halloween. Just stop.
@@scottgodkins2017
YOU TRIGGGGGGGGGEEEERRRREEEEED🤣🤣🤣
Maybe learn English comprehension before commenting, makes you look less like the DH are seem to be!!! 😆
My comment isn't a diagnosis, it clearly states "screams of NPD" plus it's not just from just this video DH, it is taking everything into account!
The Australian male breakdancer also came last. Yet I haven't seen any memes or commentaries on him.
@nicolecarter1072 because he was fine. He was a good breakdancer but not good enough, he gave his all, great. Did you watch him or just note his score? The issue is not losing. There is a loser at every single sport at the Olympics.
She did a Ph D in breaking???? That's even more embarrassing.
The school is the real criminal. They sold her a pac of lies.
See the previous Dr Grande episode. It should have been failed on the standard of English alone, and paid no regard to the origins of break dancing.
PhD= Piled high & deep.
Sidewalk panhandling artistry.
She’s completely delusional…blame her friend and family..blame Australia
by hate, does she mean ridicule?
If her feelings are hurt, the hateful ones are the people who kept telling her she was good.
Oh hey Kathy, l chat with you on VD’s channel sometimes.
I completely agree with your comment, people who pride themselves on being “nice” don’t realise it’s actually cruel at times to be “nice”, to refrain from saying what you’re actually thinking..
It doesn’t do the other person any good to indulge them in their delusion and not point out the obvious..
I think it’s better to be kind, kind people aren’t always nice, and nice people aren’t always kind.
Had people been kind to “Dr Raygun” instead of being nice, then she wouldn’t have found herself in this situation..
Luckily she’s narcissistic, without any self-awareness, that will continue to protect her. She doesn’t appear to be genuinely upset in her come back video, she seems to be smirking, almost like Duper’s delight, she make sure to let everyone know she’ll be back in a couple of weeks, she’s building anticipation and going to milk this for all it’s worth, her micro-expressions seem like she can hardly wait until that happens, the little breaths that she lets out at the end of some of her words smack of superiority and delusion.
She’s talking from a self-appointed place of authority, by saying “and here’s a fun fact..”
What are your thoughts on her speech?
At my place of work one of the "nicest guys" at work always complains others aren't as empathetic as he. At the same time he's also one of the most passive aggressive people, holds grudges, simmers with resentment for being walked all over his life. The word beta comes mind.
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
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@@jessicaa3623 Grrrrrr!
I feel your annoyance.
I seriously want to slap “nice” people, out of kindness. 😁
They’re often VERY manipulative, they know how to manipulate others so that they’re popular in liked and others can’t see that that’s what they’re doing, it’s so frustrating, and you end up looking like the bad guy for trying to point their manipulation out! And they always seem to win at the mind games, and everyone then love them more because you’re being a “big meanie” to them apparently!
Dr Grande, as an Australian, I want to thank you so much for your objective and comprehensive analysis of this unfortunate situation. This whole Raygun travesty has understandably caused so much anger and embarrassment. As I said the other day, she would’ve been wise to laugh at herself (with the rest of the world) and simply admit defeat, rather than casting herself as the victim and engaging in offensive, gaslighting behaviours.
Thank you again. 🙏
As a fellow Australian, I haven't felt any anger or embarrassment. I thought it was hilarious!
I'm not trying to be rude, but maybe you should try to change your outlook on life you can't have a laugh.
I dated a Vietnamese dude way back in the day & he threw rave parties all the time. When I tell you this group of kids from New Orleans would absolutely blow your mind with their dancing skills, it is still an understatement. Those kids were quite literally able to spin on the top of their heads with no hands, all night at that!!!!
Her performance was a massive troll job. Yay for us. 🙄
I agree they often do this to none white groups for some reason- it’s a cultural norm there
She wants to play victim now, as an x-elite gymnast I know what it takes to get to the Olympics . She’s not an athlete period. There is a good reason for the criticism….of course the new woke view is “ I’m a victim of hate “
@@jsmithsemper4848 I wonder if there are rules of what they can and can't do like the gymnastics. I'm not saying this in regards to Raygun, but I was expecting all that from the others.
That’s how you legally can look under skirts back in the days 😂
@@ekidmusic Be careful, sometimes there's a surprise under there!
I've been saying for a couple days: if she would just come out and say "I went to the Olympics and I sucked!" she would instantly become way more endearing with the public than she is right now.
In fact, she should get that printed on a t-shirt and just start wearing it around. I think that would be in keeping with typical Aussie humour.
She doesn't have to say it nor has had time to do since everyone is doing it for her. Enough already! She'll never be seen nor be back again. She's had her punishment if that's what people are looking for.
Exactly. Why dont ppl get this. Its not just Raygun. Its everyone in politics. Just take some responsibilty, own it, say sorry and the public will be with you.
She could’ve said: I did this so Ozzy Man can comment on it
I mean yeah, but its understandable human nature to not want to admit you suck. She attacked no one and the media are dog piling her
Nobody hates her. They hate line cutters. A line has been CUT at some point, here.
Yes indeed. Some high school dance class could have had a life changing trip to the Olympics, instead public money has been wasted on a delusional 36year old.
How popular do you think breaking is as a sport? How popular is it in Australia? How popular is it among FEMALE Australians? You are dealing with an incredibly small pool of potential applicants here. It is part of the underground culture of Hip Hop. It should be left there.
@@BrentonCrudethere are definitely more talented break dancers in that country than this sorry 36 year old cmon.
Yes there are better dances for sure. Obviously there is no point in creating an institution to find them.
@@rebymunster Woody Allen famously said 90% of life is showing up. So even if there are better dancers, hypothetically, they have failed before they have started if they cannot even be present at the qualifying rounds which I am sure occurred prior to the Olympics.
She did a great rendition of a preschool chicken dance to keep the kids occupied, nothing more. What she did do was make the world aware that breakdancing has no place in the Olympics.
glad it's not in the next Olympics
It seems that Rachael Gunn suffers from the Dunning-Kruger effect; where she doesn't know enough about breakdancing to know how badly she performed in breakdancing.
The real travesty is that she wrote her thesis on this. That university should be ashamed.
Universities are now shameless. Here in Australia they pass foreign students who cheat and can barely speak English. Being woke counts for more than intellectual rigour. I hate to think what Rachel’s courses are like.
As the ex-husband of one of it's graduates, I'm way in front of you!
she should get her degree revoked
“Those who can’t do, teach” situation?? Lol
Goes to show how book knowledg/theory is not the same as lived experience.
"Dispite the widespread and ACCURATE criticism" Dr. Grande does not hold back 😂❤
He's savage 💀
The process in Australia that make her qualified to the Olympics should also be investigated thoroughly.
It has been already.
What I love with Dr Grande is his utter fairness. Yes he is funny but he gets the details right and he doesn't take sides.
Too bad Dr. Grande isn't on the presidential ticket.
I think this is so infuriating because, as a professor, she was supposed to be fostering other peoples' abilities, and instead it looks like she just hogged all opportunities for herself.
THIS!! You said it perfectly.
Exactly what I thought when he said she is an educator. I reflexively said, "NOOOO..."
What you've described perfectly is how grant $$$ is distributed for research
She looks like a narcissist to me....
i would like to know the committee who selected her and by viewing her routine thought this was technically above average to consider for the olympics ??
"...she could win a gold medal for gaslighting those who correctly evaluated her performance." Dr. Grande at his finest.
Love his phrases but what is gaslighting?
@Jairogliphx the act of forcefully convincing you of something that is not true
@@Jairogliphx Gaslighting is a term used to describe the manipulation of someone’s thoughts in an attempt to make them question their perception of reality. Incidentally Dr. Grande has done some videos on the subject, I recommend!
@@Jairogliphx It came from an old black and white movie called Gaslight (1944).
"Staying with the military analogy used in breakdancing, Rachel didn't simply lose the battle...She was blown off the battlefield, kicked out of the army, and forced to give up her pension. This was less of a battle and more of an extinction level event." 😂 His deadpan clinical savagery is epic.
Rachael is of the generation when they started giving kids participation trophies and telling kids they're good at something even when they suck. She's the poster child of what is happening to these children now that they have all grown up. I have a feeling this is going to be talked about for years to come and this isn't the last time we'll see someone like this.
Yeah look there's a difference between being kind and feeding delusional behavior
“Rachel wasn’t defeated, she was obliterated” ☠️
Exctinction level event
What did she expect? What a pathetic attempt at a performance.
@@Jinars.I came here to say this! Comedy gold!
@@Jinars. She lost the battle, the war, and her pension 😅😅
Are you making closed captions for the deaf? 🥴
ie. This is what happens when kids are never told "no" and everyone is a winner.
You do realize there is a process to make an Olympic team, I hope. People put her there.
@@kam45000you affirmed what OP said.
The "process" awarded "RayGun" a participation trophy.
Yes..ie woke
Dr. Grande basically said "okay, you asked for it."
I'm Australian, and not since Lay-down Sally has there been a "sports"-person this heavily criticised. The fact that she went to the Olympics, representing our country and brought that much shame on us is worthy of derision. Not only did she humiliate our country but she's also taking time and attention away from all the amazing athletes who turned up in good faith and brought their A-Game, whether or not they won medals or not (and there were plenty who did). She should be absolutely ashamed of herself, and now hastily forgotten while we celebrate the people worthy of remembrance for the right reasons.
At least Lay-down was able to row her canoe for 90% of the race before quitting. But Raygun will be a punchline for probably decades to come. Way worse than Lay down Sally!
@@markdouglas9182 Completely agree!
I heard the Olympic Committee dropped “Break Dancing”and decided to go with “Air Guitar” at the next Olympics. I can’t wait.
I honestly think Ray Gunn would kick arse at air guitar, missed her true calling.
@@bleepbloopblahp i might challenge raygun for the spot on the air guitar team. i could be an olympian too..
lmao
Iv been training my whole life for this.
Excellent 😂
Like the mom who tells child that they can sing, and they go on American idol and humiliates themselves in front of millions of people.
Reminds me of Kim Kardashian who sent her daughter North-West to perform at Hollywood's Lion King musical few months back. North-West didn't prepare for it at all.😅😢 North-West - and by extension, her parents - treated the professional Broadway performance as a public karaoke performance.
@@rebeccaliew2247typical Kardashian klass
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
If a woman can't accept that I like to dance like Raygunn, I'm sorry but our relationship will not work out.
She's angry she made a fool of herself Worldwide, but can't bring herself to point the finger at herself. Her performance was equivalent to my kid saying *"hey Mom watch what I can do!"* She needs to grow up!
She brings a whole new meaning to “Breaking Bad”.
Ha ha love it! 💕
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those can’t do or teach are Rachael Gunn.
Underrated comment. 💀
Can't teach !?!
Claiming victimhood is now an Olympic sport
She'll be suing people next.
Yes, but she is actually the victim of cyber harassment. I can't imagine how she must be feeling right now. It's literally everywhere on social media. I hope she's strong. People have committed to the irreparable harm for less than that. A little more empathy and a little less wickedness. That is the true essence of Olympic sports.
@@axelleahy2683 She's no more a victim than those who share Wrong Think and then get doxxed, socially isolated and financially ruined.
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@@Banshee.Visionshe knew what she was doing. She also took a spot from a REAL dancer. She had to only look around and know she was not qualified
Prime example of 'Just because you can, doesn't mean you should'
@@MrMatt713 just because you said so doesn't mean it's true bad sources are everywhere
I have a degree in Theater. I am not a dancer. I probably look like she does. I forced my way through dance (and math).
The difference is knew not to dance in public.
Maybe more like “just because you can’t, doesn’t mean you should” in this case.
This was a case of "just because you can't does mean you should"
@@DarkbutNotsinister ugh I see a lot of people jealous of people making money and being courageous duh 🙄😮💨
I really hate how someone like her can become famous for being below average at what she attempted. Meanwhile the most skilled and talented breakdancers, female or male, get nowhere as much recognition, if any. This has become a recurring trend in the age of social media where talentless people are routinely rewarded with fame, fortune, and opportunities.
Exactly, there are so many talented athletes who gave amazing performances in breaking’s Olympic debut, but most people are going to come away from this remembering one dancer’s embarrassingly bad performance, and thinking Olympic breaking is a joke
Social Media does this by design to keep consumerism and FOMO at the forefront of our mind. Zuckerberg really fxcked the world up and was paid handsomely to do so off an idea he stole from somebody else
Dont' harbor hate, it's makes ugly.
Like the Hawk Tuah girl.
I don't know anyone at this year's Olympics except for all the weirdos. It's sad but true. Then again, who is watching the Olympics? It should be the media trying to push how awesome people are, not showing the dumpster fire XD
That's why people find out about this stuff.
She acted the fool at the Olympics.
You wouldn't be happy if an Olympic diver did a belly flop on purpose and called it diving
As an Australian, I’ll always be embarrassed by her performance.
😂
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
As a fellow human, I too will always be embarrassed by her performance 😅
Me too 😂😭
You should be she was trash.
What got me was her disgusting sportsmanship during the battles. When other teams were hyping each other up she walked around yawning and making dismissive gestures. That above all showed her true character.
Isn’t this part of breaking though? 🫤
in the battle you're support to hype up the other team? huh?
@@JewTube001 that’s what it looked like in the other battles. Maybe I am wrong.
@@supablitz Maybe, it just looked like the other competitors were more supportive. Granted I did not watch many of them.
@@StackeyBlue What was on display at the olympics wasn't a good representation of a traditional breaking comp.
It's a bit like battle rapping, you are disrespecting the opponent but only as part of the show.
Watch some real breaking comps and you will see lots of rude gestures being made, mocking of the opponents moves and style. It's generally all light hearted, expected and enjoyed by competitors and observers.
If one good thing comes of this shamozzle it will be people taking a look into breaking and finding out what it is really about.
No it's not 'hate'. It's a 37 year old who has been held accountable for the first time in her life. She's used to getting away with weasling money, opportunities and support without any real talent or competence.
As a person with no talent or competence myself, she should count herself extremely lucky not to walk the hard path most of us have to.
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
@@HI4 That's harsh on yourself, hope you're doing better
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Man I really hope somebody investigates her, her family and the IOC. 😒
@@HI4 Sometimes it's better to be a stranger among strangers. I wish to nobody to receive all the hate that raygun has received in the last couple of days. Being called nonstop a cheat, a fraud, a narcissistic, a delusional, an hysteric, etc. isn't easy. Especially, when that moment was supposed to be the highlight of your life, proudly representing your country and participating at the Olympic games! And what is your reward, you get literally trained into the mud by a mob of social media enthusiasts who show no empathy at all. Trust me, you need to be extremely tough to get through that.
$25 million for plane tickets, hotel accommodations, and food for a dozen people tops?
They wonder why people are just dropping out. Not watching any of it, taking the news seriously, consuming less and less media overall. They've earned it.
It cost $25,000,000 AUS to send JUST the break dancing team? What a major scam that is. That is what should be investigated.
Doesn’t pass the smell test.
Wow, that’s crazy
He said it wasn't taxpayer money, so who is paying for it?
That's a very good investment. We will forgot the Olympic records and Gold medals but Raygun's performance will never be forgotten.
She is the crown jewel of Australian sports.
And the poor aboriginals live in abject poverty in their own land
She said she practiced really hard, which makes her performance even worse. She had to practice to be barely mediocre. Yikes.
Sorry, but Australia has decided that "mediocre" is insufficient. "Tragically awful" is the official AU description of Raygun.
Exactly! Yet people have been posting themselves doing her routine on the internet and doing a better job at it! And they gave it what, 2 days practice?? 😂
her ''dancing'' was beyond terrible, she had no skills in dance what so ever, most 3 year olds can dance better tan her, no joke. allowing someone that bad to compete ANYWHERE especially the world stage as the Olympics is a result of the era of the 90s and the participation trophy, choosing and awarding people; declaring them winners, calling them talented, or skilled when in reality they are not , raising kids, with false affirmations, telling them they are good at this n that when they are not in the spirit of ''boosting self-esteem'' and not hurting or crushing their spirit , its showing in the last 20 years or so how it has effected society and how peoples' mentality is in adulthood, how they act and carry and see themselves. this shit was absolutely embarrassing, and sadly, sometimes learning the truth and seeing reality hurts.
@francinejones2524 Rachel Dratch did an impression of her on Fallon and I'm pretty sure she did better too 😂
I literally saw teenage girls practice her full routine and do it in their bedroom lol
This has become so ridiculous. A 36-year old questionably talented "break dancer" is not being bullied when people point out that scoring ZERO in the Olympics is a farce and embarrassment.
Maybe it's the 'pack' mentality?
ALSO an awesome accomplishment!!.....let's see what YOU got?!!....
I mean, it's the expected result when you have a generation raised on safe spaces, trigger warnings, and making "trauma" central to one's identity.
@@drSamovarSimping won't help you
@@drSamovar you're a beta male, dude.
If Twister had been an Olympic event I think she may have come away with a gold medal in that.
On a positive note, there was an archer from Chad that was 1 of 4 from his country sent to compete! And a javelin thrower from Pakistan that earned a gold medal!
Yes! The guy from Chad was self taught. He was awesome. The Koreans he played against hailed his true Olympic spirit.
I didn't see the Javelin thrower this time but I've seen him in previous games - ? Olympic and/or Commonweath. Good on him and thank you for sharing.
People who have probably overcome real adversity rather than a self-announced DEI advocate and enforcer. Guess her PhD thesis?
Look her up she's posted her trail of career successes on LinkedIn and elsewhere here in Oz. Her unwarranted, self-satisfied, conceit is truly 21st century in scale. Unfortunately, as you mention, if that was an Olympic event she'd have fierce competition.
@@_pawterwell it would seem the time for honouring herself will soon be at an end.
@@scroopynooperz9051 Nah. She's as safe as houses.
All the usual suspects have already scurried forward to denounce her "haters": the Prime Minister, the Head of the Australian Olympic Team, the news media and all the other third rate rats n mice that have colonised our institutions.
We are as lost in the midst of self-harming DEI lunacy as the UK and USA. Expect a lot more of the same from us!
I find it hard to believe that she was one of the best options Australia had. Like, they seriously couldn't find a better competitor? They couldn't find someone that breakdanced professionally? Nobody that was passionate about their breakdancing hobby? They couldn't even find a tamed kangaroo?
I don’t know, Raygun’s “kangaroo move” was a bold move that incorporated artistic merit AND national pride!
Ok I’m just kidding, she looked like curly from The Three Stooges throughout most of her dance
And even if it's true that she is the best in Australia (doubt it)...it would not have been better not to send anyone, and give the opportunity to some other country?
Apparently there are a lot of young people into breaking but her and her husband were involved in the group getting together the competitors for Oceania. So it could be corruption and/or nepotism where they didn’t advertise the qualifiers in communities with breakers, and they would have known where they were in the country since they were both into that culture.
I miss my days of innocence where I thought she was a Borat-level troll. I would have respected that if she really was the best they had to offer.
Australians get the "welcome to Australia" dance before we are allowed to watch football.
I also read, that the contestants had to pay the travel and stay costs for themselves. So this limited the number of possible contestants a lot.
No way no how she won jack spit anywhere. She’s not a competitive dancer, period. It’s an insult to breaking and to Australia. As far as the rest, that’s on the officials who allowed this to happen.
Yea I do not believe that the other (Molly?) B Girl from Australia genuinely lost to Rachel in any competitive skills assessment. It’s obvious when you compare the two individually from previous competition’s. I really do hope the truth comes out on this one. Redacted did a well researched show on her and her husband’s influential ties.
@@augustsnowfall5189 I grew up in the 80s in los angeles and it was something we did for kicks, you could tell who was good and who wasn't. My buddy was one of those, he still does the moonwalk which is pretty hilarious at his age. Right off the bat I knew she was either terrible or trolling. Good she got a zero.
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Yeah my Zumba group of retirees goes harder than she did.
Well.... "Academics" allowed "cultural studies" and the granting of a PhD degree for "Deterritorializing Gender in Sydney's Breakdancing Scene: a B-girl's Experience of B-boying" to happen, so...
Thank you for this very informative video. By FAR the most informative and enlightening video I have seen on this Raygun topic
Olympic Committee money is Australian tax payers money
Exactly! Where does he think this money comes from? Our current woke Labor government is wasting our money hand over fi$t … 😵
criticism is not hate.
Hate shows but as envy
Explain that to liberals, lmfao
As my history professor said, “no one benefits from a bad review.”
Feels to me the outrage is disproportionate. There was a Somalian runner that performed worse than her and is proven to be also a product of nepotism. No outrage, no consistency. I believe it is because she looks like a woke liberal that she received the outrage.
@@lostsoul1278 I believe you mean extremists... Far left and far right, are the weirdos.
There was an actual victim here. Raygun took away a true competitor's opportunity from them to represent Australia on the olympics. It warrants an investigation into the selection process.
The best girls will be mid- late-20s by 2032 if it ever even comes back
@@mvpfocus 2032 is 8 years from now.
How about the entire country of Australia. This is the best we got.
Regardless of the real reason it was cancelled. Her performance will forever tied to its cancellation
Who cares, it's not a real sport
@@cfdseffcghvvffdssssedfcc2211 as opposed to equestrian events?
Can we just stop calling her a “breakdancer”? I think we’re very aware of the scam
Informative impartial and factual! As an Australian whose been pretty disappointed with Mrs Gunns reaction to her abysmal performance its nice to see things laid out so clearly. Definitely a new subscriber.
This proves that “experts” in their field are not necessarily to be blindly followed.
She won a gold medal in the Meme Olympics.
Cringe is now a sport
@@MarquisDeSangtakes skill and dedication
Ray Gun seems pretty narcissistic about the mess. I don't wish her ill wishes, but with her attitude about embarrassing herself, her country and the sport, she should abandon the public life immediately, she should apologize for gaslighting her competitors and admit the technical skill to be there she does not possess.
I could only find a one minute clip of her routine and I couldn’t even finish it. It was painful. What surprises me most is how Australia, a powerful nation, chose her to represent them.
Her husband chose her.
I couldn't agree more, a simple apology like "I'm sorry, I thought I was being cute and funny knowing I didn't have the skills to win" would have went so much further. what makes it even harder to swallow is seeing athletes like the marathon runner from Bhutan who came in last giving it all she had.
She does have some skill if you watch her actual full performance. She was just nowhere near as smooth and powerful as her opponents. She should have said she did her best to represent her country by trying to compete in areas she thought she would do best and which would be fun, but her opponents were just too good. Which is all true. This has been blown out of all proportion, probably mainly by people who have never actually competed at a decent level at any sport.
@@Orion3T: You must not have watched the same dancing that everyone else did.
@@Orion3T 10:50 yeah clearly not
@@FMD70757She did an elbow stand at one point. I went home one day and tried to do it and could not! So there was some skill happening there.
She exhibited no talent. No choreography, no athleticism, no rhythm, and no sense that she had any idea of what's happening. Please stop living in delusion, you sound reasonable. Please show comparable examples where a routine similar to Rachel's can win, perhaps at a lower level. Otherwise, just, no. @@Orion3T
Raygun, lost her three round-robin breaking battles Friday by scores of 18-0, 18-0 and 18-0.....
So basically it was 54-0 ----------- SHE WAS THAT BAD!
At least it was close... Cheers from AU.
@@UncleJoeLITE Yup if they had gotten one more point she would have won by 54 instead of losing by it.
She’s a perfect 0.
But, but, but...she tried real hard. Is there a participation medal :)
She had a few percentages where she 'won" I think her point is she is not a total zero, she did score some percentages just not enough to earn any points. I guess that's like being almost not a zero or something in her mind.
Your dry humor was the perfect ingredient for this flawless analysis. What a treasure and testament to high education you are sir. One in a billion on TH-cam.
Honestly, she is a fool for thinking Olympic is all fun and joke and not an elite competition. Disrespectful.
That's actually 25% right. There are elite athletes at the Olympics, but it's a not a best of the best of the world competition. Only 2 competitors from a single country are allowed in any one event. For example, if the top 10 cyclists were 5 from France and 5 from Spain we wouldn't see the top cyclists in the world competing. We'd see the top 4 cyclists and everyone else. It's not for fun and jokes, though. It's an exercise in global unity, cooperation and competition. It has it's merits but it's not the end all award of any sport, really, despite how it's been touted culturally. To be clear, anyone who wins a medal, or even competes (seriously competes; present company excluded) in the Olympics are vastly more talented than I am and should be proud of their accomplishment. I'm only pointing out that the full pool of the most elite athletes in these sports are often not on show.
@@mvpfocus 100% agreed. She shouldn't have been there.
I think she expected to be the next Jamaican Bobsled Team sensation and be embraced as the plucky underdog who stole our hearts.
It didn't work.
Just speculation, I am not diagnosing.
It's a solid theory.
😮Plausible.
I'm reminded of Olympic ski jumper Eddie the Eagle.
Steven Bradbury haha
@@williamporter7495 At least Steven made the final. Right place, right time. 👍
she said she knew she wouldn't beat them, so she just had fun. #1) taxpayers shouldn't pay for your fun. #2) she scored a ZERO. An "olympian" scored a zero. Its not that she is a woman she literally scored nothing. This was a free paris trip for fun and I think she needs to pay back the funds that she used to go
The AOC also said that DanceSport Australia and athletes received no federal government funding, and the Australian Olympic team for Paris was fully funded by the AOC with no federal taxpayers' funds involved
@@terri6854 They are lying.
@@mynameisnobody211 Sponsorship (primarily corporate), licencing (mostly apparel and merchandise), fundraising activities, IOC funding and distributions from the Australian Olympic Foundation managed funds.
That one comment alone exposed her lack of any credibility
@@Joric78 There’s tax dollars in there as well, I’ve looked.
To call the criticism bullying is just pathetic and basically an insult to people who really have gotten bullied. Imo she is so disrespectful, she must be a very twisted sister.
So you don't think people demanding that she goes to jail or be assaulted is bullying?
@@nicolecarter1072 well you are the first that says that, and I think jail is not a place for such a mentally challenged person 😂
I like how in 2024 an opinion you don’t like constitutes bullying.
It is bullying or hate speech only when the recipient is woke. On the flip side, it is absolutely encouraged in the other direction.
@@y6cd3sdzHs1g define woke
2024? Wtf are you talking about, this mindset has prevailed since the 70s, it's not new.
@@thestraydog bs
@ragnardanneskjold7675 I get it, history is hard, but we're gonna make it easy today, cool? Alright, so the 50s REALLY started the whole "participation trophy" rhetoric in all honesty, due to the economic prosperity of the middle class. That led to those children who are now adults in the late 60s and 70s to grow up to be self-centered and entitled (which is why you see so many boomers today still act that way). And that's where the "opinion bad, must be bullying" mindset really started forming.
Australian here. I am so embarrassed by her. We have a culture and saying here of “giving it a crack” meaning trying your best. In a post “battle” interview she said this:
"I was never going to beat these girls on what they do best: their power moves," Gunn said of those competitors in her group. "What I bring is creativity."
Gunn said all of her moves were original and that she was trying to be as creative as possible.
"Creativity is really important to me. I go out there and I show my artistry. Sometimes it speaks to the judges, and sometimes it doesn't. I do my thing, and it represents art. That is what it is about," Gunn added.
No mate. Just because you know you can’t win doesn’t mean you screw around. You try your best. It’s like being in the 100m sprint and knowing you are a full second behind your competitors best. So you decide to skip down the lane? No you run your best. It’s a slap in the face to your country, the games, and mostly the other competitors. Just shameful. Then to cry about your pathetic performance. Very disappointing.
And yet Aussies were the envy of the world for our power moves back in the 90s.
Shows the regression I guess.
Australian here and I agree. She exemplifies everything wrong with our nation with its slide into DEI madness. She’s the tip of the covid lockdown, the Voice nonsense, the obsession with immediate decarbonisation feelings over facts degeneracy…..
Well said
True, one should do one's best to the end, even if coming last by a long way. That is sportsmanship.
The only other Aussie woman breaker I've seen perform is Holy Molly and while I doubt she would have medaled, she wouldn't have embarrassed her country.
It's so obvious she was going to play the victim card. Her entire thesis was based on the perceived exclusion and underrepresentation of women in break dancing.
She was always going to cry misogyny because she knew she had no business even being there.
Great comment.
She was delusional enough to think that she was good.
@@axxa5000 I think she actually believes she should have been there, due to her delusion, narcissism, lack of self awareness and inability to self reflect.
But if she didn’t win then she could always use the misogynistic angle and/or the victim card.
Seems like she knew a lot. She seems like a proper Machiavellian. You may give her more credits that you actually indented to. By the way, "the victim card" is legit when she is actually a victim.
@@axelleahy2683 ?? A victim of her own delusion & lack of self awareness, yeah.
The public should to get a BREAKdown of the 25M spent to get the breakers to the olympics. It does seem outrageous!
As an Australian, she is not a breakdancer of any position.
She was embarrassing and has become a laughing stock.
She just threw herself all over the floor without anything that resembled choreography.
Whoever told her she was good enough has misled her into thinking that she's better than she is.
That's my opinion 🇦🇺
She failed at breakdance but succeeded at physical comedy
I wonder how she even got on the team?
As an Aussie, I am wondering how she got that far to begin with. You would not have this happen with our swimmers or any other categories no? I just think of the tremendous sacrifice that the athletes have made over years to get to the Olympics and contrast with her entry… it does not smell right.
That is most everyone’s opinion 🇦🇺🇺🇸
if you watch a edited version of her dance to Everyone walk the Dinosaur by Was Not Was it works
She is a perfect example of what happens when you are never told no. The Olympic committee has said that they will never have this event again thanks to the joke that her and her husband made of it.
It was only ever going to be a one off. They do one off "sports" at most Olympics, often related to the host nation.
I don't think that's true. No need to spread made up news. They decided long before that there wouldn't be one in 2028.
@@tin2001if that's true it would seem a wasted opportunity for Paris to hold an Olympics including parkour?
@@scroopynooperz9051 France has a strong breakdancing community for years there is no question about that.
@@Jthe5thThe most impressive breakdancer I have ever seen was in front of Sacre Coeur.
I feel bad for Molly, the real Australian break dancer who was "beat" by Rachel in qualifying battle. THERES NO WAY anyone who has ever seen breakdancing could mistake what Rachel did as breaking.
I can't get over the $25M price tag to get the Aussie BD team to Paris.
The AOC also said that DanceSport Australia and athletes received no federal government funding, and the Australian Olympic team for Paris was fully funded by the AOC with no federal taxpayers' funds involved
How did Rachel get past her to enter the Olympics?
You may have " Seen " Breaking but you've never Done Breaking. Anyonr who has ever DONE Breaking knows that Ray Gun not only beat Molly but she's better at Breaking 🤷🏾
@@SwitchBreally? How so?
She and Australia’s Olympic Committee Scammed Australia . How many others got a free 2 weeks all expenses paid trip to Paris and, the Honour of calling themselves Olympians ?
Please don’t say this performer was Artistic, Dynamic , Graceful or Talented . More a Scammer rolling around the floor laughing at Australian tax payers .
You know you are screwed when Grande has to do a follow up a week later.
$25,000,000 to send breakdancing? That's insanity!
That's the entire Olympic Team, not just break dancing.
It's what you call breaking the bank. 😂😂😂
It’s what you call vendors like hotels and such charging outrageous fees cause rich people pay it and even competitors that arnt wealthy pay to compete! As long as the wealthy don’t question prices and willingly throw money into the coffers then it will only get more expensive!
When Dr. Todd chimes in, you know it's serious. This was a fantastic video, explaining it logically.
I really enjoy your channel. I like the way you deliver information and the way you speak. The tone of your voice is comforting and you are as unbiased as it gets…IMO. I really enjoy your content and appreciate your professionalism.
Dr. Grande, have you ever thought you’d be explaining how breakdancing is scored in the Olympics?
Also, she invited the whole world to analyze her scores. Little did she know that we have the best analyzer of scores and what could be happening in the situation like this in the world 🗺️ ❤
Thank you, Dr. Grande - you’re my favorite TH-camr and I always look forward to your videos 💃🏻
For those of us who grew up in NYC felt disrespected in so many ways. 😠
This has to be canceled.
No one is hating, we felt disgusted!
Right, even still no one from the actual culture took part in the Olympics and doesn’t look like they were even judges. 🙃
This sport is a one and done
@@EbsSeven Who were the judges? There's a famous French B-Boy named Lilou (won a few BC-One competitions in the 00's) who, as a Frenchman and expert B-Boy, would have been a perfect judge.
For this to be born in the Bronx and yet none of the originators from there or anyone from NYC even made it to the grand stage will never sit right with me
@@staceyshere
I almost cried, I should have, I'm so angry 😠 now.
It's called Break Dancing and they're now trying to profit from what WE
❤🖤💚 create.
So tired of the JEALOUSY from the colonizers.
Now MyKayla is trying to call Simone Biles to do what?
Make them leave me alone she's crying, didn't she block Simone.
I'm glad the WORLD saw what we gotta go thru in America.
Have a beautiful day!
Don't forget to vote, please. 💜
Our ancestors deserve that respect.
she knew she is no good but still went ahead with going to the olympics instead of selecting someone who was competitive
@@winstonwilliams4859 Look at the trials. We had no-one who was competitive.. even the Australian male who looked far more like an athletic breakdancer only scored 2 points of 54
I really think she thought she was good....great even...
@@mark123655How were the trials marketed? Was there nationwide knowledge of them?
it was a prank
Rachael clearly has a fragile ego. She threw away an opportunity to take the high road and admit defeat like a mature adult. Instead she is now the subject of media scrutiny.
This is what happens when the truth is left out of the equation.
Truth is subjective.
Btw, she knows what she is doing. She writes the academic papers on the subject.
She believes that Breakdancing is Male Oriented Patriarchal Structure.
So she is Deconstructing Breakdancing.
* It's not a joke. You can read her papers.
This farce is now standard fare in western civilization.
@@bestdjaf7499 Those who can, do... Those who cannot, teach...
This is what happens when you coast along in your false narc reality then the crunch comes and bites you on the 💫ss
@@bestdjaf7499GOOD LORD
love this channel. This is by far one of most brutal, straight faced, fact based take downs of the situation.
That’s what happens when parents praise their kids for being perfect at everything
“Just a reminder I’m not diagnosing anybody in this video” yeah doc well maybe this time you should
She's going to benefit enormously in her academic career writing about this event. She has already got a published paper on the topic, relevant to this discussion, suggesting why she may have thrown the match. Her PhD on breaking has allowed her to work as an academic and secure a good income for life. She may be one of the few people in the world who has leveraged break dancing to make a good income actually. The irony.
It just goes to show how useless higher education has become, when someone can get a PhD in something so useless.
Her next paper will be titled, "Decolonising Meritocracy : Why the worst competitors should get the medals".
This is the worst part for me. People continuously reward the most entitled, destructive members of society. She’s the human embodiment of “failing upwards”.
A friend [female] with a real PhD in Chemistry calls a PhD in break dancing a "doctorate in Advanced Wankery".
@@terryandvalda Spot on. Universities have been overrun by departments specialising in pseudo intellectual bullshit.
The unmerited hubris of this woman is of olympic proportions.
An irony not lost on Australia, believe me!
She could earn a gold medal in that alone.
Well said !
😂 observation of today's society 😢
I am so glad that I listened to this podcast in full. Dr. Grande had me concerned temporarily, but his judgment and logic rose to the surface as always.
Very well presented sir!
I saw her breakdance routine. I thought it was a hilarious piece of Performance Art.
Interpretive dance story
Looking in from AU, it was hilarious, but not exactly what we wanted. =)
That performance was borderline disrespect to Breakin
If so, it had no place in the olympics, because Rachel took the place of another person who really wanted to be there and had better talent.
it was not art by any stretch of the imagination. it was just goofy random movent that happened to have music playing while she looked like a spastic.
At first I just thought she has no shame.
She doesn't, but it's more: she's on an ideological mission against meritocracy.
Hahahaha
11:50 "blown off the battle field"..."extinction level event" 🤣 Pure Dr. Grande gold, delivered in signature deadpan style!
Resident Breakdancer: Extinction
I laughed so hard there 😂
Excellent analysis !!