Raygun Threatens Legal Action Over Dance Moves!

Here's me critical analysis of Raygun the Musical gettin' shut down by lawyers representing Rachael Gunn. Support parody and satire! Video via Steph B: / stephbroadbridge
Cheers,
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[@jharpz]

Can't trade mark a seizure.

[@andylaw3222]

As someone with Epilepsie and seizures i hope this gets more likes😂

[@jharpz]

@andylaw3222 2 epellim a day keeps raygun away

[@formallynamed85]

You sure? lol

[@jharpz]

@@formallynamed85 these hips don't lie

[@janicehraga]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@inazuma3gou]

"That's an Olympic level dance. How would I be able to do that without any formal training"

[@jotarogers]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@snow3017]

That and the "she was worried i would damager her brand.... she doesnt need me to do that" were both amazing lines.

[@colton692]

This shit genuinely has me laughing my fucking ass off cuz as I watched that I said "she's trolling" then found this comment and it kills me every time

[@Joe2328]

i do hope raygun sees this

[@MATTA74]

That is comedy gold right there!

[@ghanthor]

Just when you thought Raygun didn't have any more shitty moves to offer, she does this.

[@missfriscowin3606]

🔥

[@Colours01-c5r]

What an absolute narcissist.

[@missfriscowin3606]

@ no. I disagree. Narcissistic people at the very least pull off faking it.

[@adandap]

Genius comment

[@joelreidy2585]

@@missfriscowin3606the right people believed it

[@ravenhawke5]

Well shit maybe the Jackson estate needs to contact Ray Gun's lawyers... If I'm not mistaken, the "Kangaroo Dance" looks a lot like the Zombies dance in "Thriller"...

[@dong9514]

Maybe change the name to Rat gums or something. Then you can make the dance the result of bad meth. Just make her look terrible and claim in court you had to, to make sure no one got the impression that it had anything to do with the "real" raygun.

[@benbowles8003]

Im in the city. I think she can live off of copyright infringement’s. Here the zombies towards the end of their crackhead lives seem to disregard such laws. Often getting stuck in the kangaroo position…..

[@Art-c4t]

They eont! As she's to old for them!

[@KenFullman]

Imagine an MMA contestant getting sued, because when he pulled down his opponent and raised his knee, it infringed upon Raymond Gunn's copyright.

[@bleso7820]

You know who owns the "Kangaroo Dance"? The bloody kangaroos mate!!!

[@thesunreport]

Chris Lilly did it first as Mr G, he even had a kangaroo mask, but it in the end it turned out to be a distraction.

[@masondegaulle5731]

...and drunk bastards trying to find their way up the stairs in the dark.

[@trevorkrause7220]

Don't believe the real kangaroos would ever want to claim that "Kangaroo Dance" as their own. Even the local indigenous dancers who generally love to perform dances and movements to emulate and represent their native fauna are probably still laughing at Raygun's effort to represent a homage to the kangaroo through dance, or maybe they they still in shock and sorrow at the obviously inept attempt.

[@willsmith6779]

HUZZAH!!

[@DD-101]

It's an awful lot like the dancers in the MJ Thriller video decades ago too... Eeee heeeee

[@PainFireFist]

Damaging the brand? That's like scratching the paint of a car after it had been totaled.

[@RaeC5280]

😂 Best comment

[@originalsusser]

Good one😂😂😂

[@billschlafly4107]

It's more like waxing the paint of a car after it's been totaled. Because no damage was done.

[@gruntgamer4204]

Lmfao 🤣, unexpected and underrated.

[@JSp8]

Omg an analogy... are you a wizard?? 🙄 You lot are deranged if you think this poorly constructed comment is it when it even fails to hit its own mark..

[@owdeezstrauz]

Ray gun doesn't understand the internet.... this is going to make this worse for her.

[@Cassxowary]

right, and it already has

[@alecksluciferis4188]

Seeing how she dances, it's safe to assume she still uses dial-up connection.

[@marckyle5895]

Barbara Streisand has joined the chat.

[@YegRon]

I think it’s safe to say there are a lot of things Raygun doesn’t understand

[@Kragatar]

It'll make her money. That's all anyone cares about these days. There's no limit how low they'll go for a quick cash grab.

[@Berus7777]

Raygun is awful. She made a mockery of an art form, the people who practice it, the culture that birthed it, the nation who entrusted her with representing them, and the Olympic Games. After she did ALL this, she THEN took it a step further by trying to cast herself as a VICTIM... meaning, she also made a mockery of people who actually are victims. Her narcissism and entitlement... her attitude... her lack of contrition... she's the worst type of person. No slack, no forgiveness for what she did. Nope. Never. The consequences for what she did are on her.

[@jamesc8722]

So what? Parody exists. The Olympics are a joke and we all know it. If anything she exposed how bad the Olympics are, even if it was unintentional.

[@johntackett1853]

Art form! HAHAHA🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@augustsnowfall5189]

⁠@@jamesc8722yes I agree. Olympics are an elitist scam that drain a country of taxpayer dollars. No country has made a profit from holding an Olympics. The athletes get little to nothing, often paying their own way to attend, then the Olympic organisers make millions of dollars off their talents, as they sit back eating chef cooked meals and having their travel and expenses paid for by the host country. Elitist jaunt, sans money from their own pockets!

[@ThomasPCGuruENGINES]

And the biggest crime in Aussie, being a Poor Sport later. Ie, this. I can't believe this comedian folded with the bullshit lawyer shit

[@oldageisdumb]

@@jamesc8722Enlighten us with how the Olympics are a joke? Thousands of athletes dedicating their lives to compete would disagree

[@geoff9759]

Not allowing a piss take of a national failure is un-Australian. Cheers Ozzie man.

[@Ln-cq8zu]

For sure. Nearly as good as us Scots 😂

[@thcluky5547]

Yall talk funny

[@geoff9759]

@@KZbinTookMyNickname.WhyNot the land of the long white cloud.....

[@TheQueenRulesAll]

Yes, if Australians can not take the piss, the world has collapsed!!!! You guys are wicked good at it. The Brits are pretty good at it as well.

[@IdrisFashan]

It’s basically American.

[@wolfywox]

I feel like Raygun dug herself a hole this summer, and every few weeks she goes "... I bet I can make that deeper"

[@jeffgordon9549]

Trying to get another 5mins of fame...

[@theJuLYheat]

I would love to know what she was thinking right before she started mopping the floor with her knee🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aussieguy3689]

​@@theJuLYheat Raygun think ? Lmfao now your giving her way too much credit 😂😂😂😂😂 👍

[@darrenvail8726]

@@jeffgordon9549 You spelled shame wrong.

[@turtlesallthewaydown8831]

“We can probably get a pool in here!”

[@BockwinkleB]

Didnt know you could trademark failure and embarrassment.

[@Jimmyjames738]

😂

[@Cassxowary]

right, I’d never have to worry about money again if you could

[@bonemasterd1]

I take it you've never watched a reality show on tv

[@bluewren65]

In late stage capitalism everything is for sale.

[@abegilbert5113]

Only if it is most tragically failyest of fails that it makes all other fails look like childs play.

[@michaeldoherty5415]

A bunch of folks with epilepsy should get some lawyers together and sue Raygun for her entire dance routine if that’s the road she’s going down.

[@petermax85]

You win the internet today 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrJaybone217]

When I had my 2nd seizure in 2014, my dad filmed it and I had flashbacks to it when I watched her dance

[@ariadneschild8460]

Brutal. 😂😂😂 🇦🇺

[@nothingbutchappy]

How to go from a joke to a villain in 1 legal action.

[@Cre8sumthing]

Yep

[@yossarian4253]

She is an international embarrassment on behalf of all aussies..

[@cosmoBUZ]

Raygun is the worst thing to happen to breakdancing ever

[@CanusDirusx]

I kind of felt sorry for her. I don’t take the Olympics very seriously and thought, what’s the big deal. She did a silly dance that everyone got a laugh out of. Now she’s making a big deal out of something that shouldn’t be.

[@George-pl7eu]

The musical would of been shit as anyway

[@furyspec]

If anything the Olympics should sue her for wasting their time.

[@TrustMelDontCare]

She killed the sport being on the olympic stage. Not single-handedly, but shell be the only one remembered..

[@omnislash85]

Taxpayers should sue her, we paid for her trip to Paris so she could embarrass our nation.

[@zenkai8247]

Let's be real, the only reason she made it there is probably thanks to having connections in the Olympic Committee.

[@Adelaide-audits.]

Absolutely 💯, WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE???

[@larsbundgaard5462]

Ha... Savage!

[@mrwpg]

Raygun obviously used her position to put herself in the Olympic tomake herself loads of money... everyone in Oz should sue her for harming their reputation.

[@AdamtheRed-]

The Munchkins should get to petitioning the Wizard to do just that.

[@feszty]

Amen

[@princessebob]

Truth. I'm Canadian and now when I think of Australia, I think of Raygun...I'm Raygone.

[@bradschwind2863]

Exactly 100% the trippa made us all look stupid

[@MrBennyrick77]

God have you ever had more than one job in your life? friggen grow up and live, get married, have kids, get divorced, LIVE SOME LIFE before you judge someone else.

[@sophrapsune]

“…that’s an Olympic-level dance. How could I do that without break dance training?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@oscarmosca9509]

Love the passive humor

[@SezArrow]

That Raygun was always a smug piece of work - no self-reflection at all. Next she'll be publishing academic papers on the whole shitfight she caused.

[@bluewren65]

...and casting herself as the victim.

[@Guitarbarella]

And get govt funding for it

[@Colours01-c5r]

Appointment herselfan “ expert” as such.

[@iAVS-info]

Welcome to the world of grants and paper mills.

[@ebikescrapper3925]

She already has a weapon named after her.

[@stevenperry1924]

So Raygun wasn’t enough of a national embarrassment before, she had to go and do this? Sheesh.

[@Ln-cq8zu]

Why are you surprised 😂

[@George-pl7eu]

The musical would of been shit anyway think about it

[@Robert_Browne]

Raygun should be sued for insulting the intelligence of shellfish.

[@GAIS414]

The real question is how the worlds worst breakdancer can afford legal representation on this level?

[@shannond9945]

@@GAIS414 what level? Seems her lawyers were like her….under qualified, over confident and down right foolish. $10,000 for a cease and desist letter? Seems they overvalue themselves to the same level of magnitude as ‘Raygun’….which is no easy task.

[@GAIS414]

@ I guess what goes around, comes around.

[@helixator3975]

Not being able to swear in the first seven seconds of a video is racist against Australians.

[@brucemckay6615]

And Scots!

[@PhilipCockram]

"You're Honor , My rights are being violated if I can't smoke and swear in Court " Ricky LaFleur.

[@lonewolf11577]

I'm Italian... hold my beer!!! 🤬

[@Nairozet]

It's not just racist, but it also shows the stupidity of the rules. Politically correct here, because i'm talking about the reason of the rules and those who implemented and enforce them.

[@entropybentwhistle]

Pretty much any Commonwealth country. It’s used where punctuation would exist for f’ksake (period)

[@Aanthanur]

now raygun is even more hated. she is so stupid.

[@pamukpicker]

I refuse to use selfie nicknames. You cannot give yourself a nickname, that is given to you by others

[@professornuke7562]

I'm gonna throw it out there......she's not a nice person. I hate the expression 'grifter' being thrown around, but I think it's apt here. These are opinions. Apparently she is VERY litigious, and that is NOT an opinion.

[@zorbratron]

I would say she should change it to raegun. What am idiot. Raygun us the worst.

[@RD-zx6py]

@@professornuke7562 'damaging her brand' - the woman is a global joke who grifted her way into the Olympics at the expense of her fellow competitors and the 'sport' of breakdancing as a whole. She pretty much singlehandedly made sure it was one and done at the games. Now get back on the phone to your lawyer Rachel you absolute goof.

[@phirus646]

I don't know how much of that is actually her, and how much is just her lawyers overachieving

[@turnthepage1972]

Michael Jackson didn't trademark the "Moonwalk" and became immortalized by it. RayGun was lucky anyone even cared enough to parody her.

[@ojsefg]

We were doing the moonwalk away before Michael Jackson only we called it the back slide

[@turnthepage1972]

@ojsefg Yeah, Charlie Chaplin did it in the 1920's but he didn't make it famous. Doesn't really matter who did it first, it matters who did it best.

[@alimantado373]

Moonwalk was done first way back in the 30's 40s Heath Brothers etc.

[@alimantado373]

@@turnthepage1972 I just watched it. thats Vaudeville, not moonwalk.

[@turnthepage1972]

@@alimantado373 Vaudeville was a form of Theater not dance.

[@cvtuttle]

I love the microphone attached to a comb.... the professionalism is awesome! :P

[@TheNefastor]

Damaging her brand ? The first time 99.999% of humanity heard about that clown was when she dared show up at the Olympics. Her brand is total failure, how do you damage that ? 😁

[@charlespanache7047]

What i read "Somebody reduced the value of my pile of dog sh-- by throwing up on it!"

[@TheNefastor]

@charlespanache7047 you just made me laugh so hard people in the train are looking at me funny 😁 thanks bro !

[@garystinten9339]

A broken clock is right twice a day.. Let's see how this analogy holds up

[@Scifi_Ape]

In an alternate universe, the rg kanga dance is like a national anthem dance, where performers are revered and honoured globally. That universe is in rg's head!

[@koprosthegreat4207]

You damage a dumpster fire by pouring vast quantities of water on it.

[@drshoe8744]

Sorry, but Raygun stole the Kangaroo Dance from Michael Jackson's Thriller.

[@TrippyTechnologyMusic]

I'll go ya one better i reckon mate, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

[@wobblysauce]

@@TrippyTechnologyMusic Was thinking the same.

[@glenjones6980]

If I could give 10,000 likes for that comment it still wouldn't show how much I appreciate it.

[@KevinT3141]

Yup, prior art, can't be trademarked.

[@pw.70]

Genius! ROFL!

[@SeanM375]

She needs to accept the fact that she is a joke

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Agreed. Trouble is, everybody around her in her circle praises and promotes her constantly, so she’s lost touch with reality.

[@mattw7949]

@glennllewellyn7369, she should run for US President.

[@mattmarzula]

Maybe she just doesn't get the joke?

[@SeanM375]

@@mattmarzula she is the joke

[@Dana__black]

Do you really think she thinks she’s a joke?

[@bavery6957]

I look like Ray Gun when I'm drunk af and trying to pick myself up off the floor...

[@Confucius_Says...]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GIBBO4182]

Can we do a class action lawsuit against Raygun? We can’t unsee that 💩

[@kevinthompson4494]

Wouldn't that be good

[@derek3154]

Epic 😂

[@derek3154]

Need to cease and desist the mentally challenged images of her dancing in my head😅

[@Arsenic71]

Yeah exactly, sue her for trauma and then sue her again because your kids had to grow up with at least one traumatized parent.

[@juandizzle2574]

I'm in 💯.

[@David35687]

Just a reminder. We’re not just picking on Raygun because she’s a bad dancer. We’re picking on her because she used her insider power to make sure that she appeared at the Olympics rather than an actual dancer with talent. 😢

[@stejer211]

I'm picking on her because of both.

[@MarcYanruw]

We picked on her before we found those out 😂😂

[@EnigmaticPeanut]

There are no evidences of this being true. Do you know another breakdancer that should have been there instead of her? I think you guys are hating because you think its cool to do so. A bunch of minions following each other.

[@stejer211]

@@EnigmaticPeanut It's okay, Rachael.

[@EmiliaOHara]

​@EnigmaticPeanut yeah, absolutely any dancer in the world ever, apart from her.

[@roostershooter76]

Ray gun is an idiot. This is going to have the “Streisand effect” and not go like she wanted. She’s crazy!

[@mattiassjoquist5042]

Unless she _wants_ more attention, just no profits for others.

[@mattdekker5693]

She needs money

[@ra-ge]

She ain't done embarrassing herself?? Now that's a commitment 😂😂

[@senhowler]

Raygun knows this is covered by parody. That's why she threatened the venue rather than trying to stop her directly.

[@Ln-cq8zu]

Why does none of this surprise me. Rayguns moves don't just include terrible dance moves! 😢

[@thephilosopher7173]

I don't know why she thought it was a good idea to do this. This is gonna get more attn and not in a good way. The comedian gets promo, raygun gets roasted.....AGAIN!

[@dang495]

Australia doesn't have the same constitutionally protected speech the U.S.A. does. Like Brits a lot of Ausies think they do. They in fact do not. People have been arrested for bad jokes, "Disinformation" and speaking out against the governments handling of C0V1D in both countries.

[@senhowler]

@@dang495 Australia doesn't have THE SAME constitutionally protected speech as the US because it's not the US. But it does have protection of parody in its laws. No country except the US thinks blanket protections of speech is good idea.

[@Notmanyusernamesleft]

If you sold tickets to a parody of Mike Tyson's Jake paul fight called Iron Mike the Musical you'd still get lawsuits in the US.

[@Tej132]

I didn't know flailing like a fish out of water was protected by copyright

[@timmcc6899]

I'd wager even putting it like that may have Nintendo knocking on your door for copyright infringement of the pokémon Magikarp LoL

[@sirflopsalot]

I'm gonna use the first 14 seconds of this video as my alarm clock

[@themeddy7]

🤣😂😂😂

[@ozzybloke-craig3690]

😂😂😂 Nice

[@lukynrslev]

what a brand she is😂

[@Pipeline-i]

😂😂 after reading your comment, i listened to those seconds in a new light

[@kentaylor8386]

Watch out for trademark violations!

[@everquestfan]

20 years old in 1995 a phone call would kick you off the dial up internet 🤣 I miss how we used to meet in person for everything and actually talk on the phone connected to the wall. Had a 5 minute Roy D Mercer answering machine recording for the telemarketers. It's amazing how much things have changed. I remember free tv , three channels and playing outside till sundown.

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

She should’ve just embraced the meme and negotiated having a cameo in the musical. Everyone has a good laugh and she walks away with a pay check.

[@CooperJones777]

It's hard for selfish people to relinquish ANY amount of attention or money.

[@AsaTrenchard1865]

Yeah, since we're all laughing already anyways 👍

[@Colours01-c5r]

Yup,but no has to be a professional victim.

[@daszieher]

She takes herself way too seriously for that.

[@aculpoca]

Too stupid for that.

[@jaymoor8995]

One of the easiest way to make people dislike you is to threaten to sue over parody 😂

[@evelynspaghetti4978]

I thought she was a parody. Truly, if Rachel embraced this, she might end up being embraced by the public more

[@jaymoor8995]

@@evelynspaghetti4978 100%. Go with it! Don’t take yourself so seriously!

[@BlackTortoiseOfTheNorth]

Is Raygun actually proud of what she did at the Olympics? Shameless! I would have died of embarrassment.

[@breestackss]

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. How tf did that crap make it to the OLYMPICS when everyone else was working their asses off to get there. I'm from Brooklyn NY and grew up in that break dance culture...wtf!!!!! By the way I ain't old as dirt either, I can still get down with the get down 🤣😂🤣😂

[@daemn42]

She is. She is entirely unremorseful and blind to the damage she's done to break dancing, particularly in an olympics context.

[@yossarian4253]

Delulu to the max..

[@HaloPunkViolin2013]

that's the thing she clearly didn't give a shit..she got to go to Paris everything else was irrelevant

[@Mudhooks]

Here’s the thing. She spent all that time and energy strong-arming her way into the Olympics that you wonder why she didn’t put in MORE effort to create a dance that was worth doing.

[@danpatko5176]

5:28 Ray Gunt is gonna sue anyone having an epileptic seizure?

[@jaaphopjes8218]

Ozzyman you should buy a ticket and do a ozzyman report on the musical to give it maximum media exposure 😂 Greetings from Ireland

[@Meowziez]

THIS!!!!!!

[@SkyWidows]

Seconded. Also from Ireland 🇮🇪 ​@Meowziez

[@maximilian672]

Yes please!

[@chimchim2_]

Great idea

[@Mad4400]

Did you not follow the gist of the video he was commenting on? Lawyers issued a cease and desist for the musical due to its inclusion of RG's "trademarked" dances moves. They are also trying to trademark her name. Claiming these things as her intellectual property is her only course of action because trying to sue for defamation won't work unless the show has been performed at least once. RG really just wants all this to quietly fade away and be forgotten, which won't happen if something like this musical is allowed to go ahead.

[@JayBee-h5m]

And the award of most hated Aussie goes to … raygun

[@3souris]

Taking a bit of heat off most hated 🇨🇦 Drake. Crumbling Commonwealth Unite!

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Nah, she’s not hated. Too strong a word.

[@AVM26]

@@glennllewellyn7369 "Despised" is more accurate.

[@TheNefastor]

She finally won something !!!

[@Fiyaaaahh]

Didn't Aussies have a prime minister who thought massive wildfires weren't worth coming back from holiday for?

[@johnacott1238]

Ironically it is Raygun that should be facing charges over her dance moves due to criminal bad taste and bringing shame on Australia! ;)

[@masondegaulle5731]

And just straight up corruption & Nepotism.

[@ronjones-6977]

30 years from now we'll STILL be making fun of Australia because of her.

[@drewsarkisian9375]

The Australian Olympic Committee (or whomever allowed her into the Olympics) are really to blame. Taking advantage of a mentally challenged person!

[@NicksBikes]

4:42 I think you're wrong - "THE KANGAROO" will absolutely become generational gold. RayGun inadvertently created history and we are NEVER going to escape it

[@NicksBikes]

@dfoster2513 🦘 💃

[@billydog1954]

Cringe and embarrassment are now seen as a talent to be copyrighted and be proud of , Fuck what a time to be alive

[@Can0spam]

That was the entire plot of The Office (US). Just pure cringe and it made millions. Some of the nonsense out there is truly amazing. Anyway, I'm off to watch an Ordinary Sausage grind Funyuns into an extraordinary sausage.

[@BeachPeach2010]

61yo white woman in the US here. Yeah, I'm that demographic on your YT analysis, and I have to Thank You for your comedy. It's always such a nice diversion for me to stop by for a few laughs and to get my head out of the fuckin nightmare my country has become. 💕

[@Brainalicious]

57 year old right here with you!

[@janmckeever9860]

@@Brainalicious 70 here for another month before my birthday. lol I love these funny videos.

[@sarasmr4278]

47 checking in with my bifocals and puzzle books!

[@coolbananas1803]

44 here but feel 144 with the current state of the world. Better to die from laughter than old age.

[@SugarandSarcasm]

I feel so young at heart reading this at 38. My body however feels 90-100

[@uno_king]

So I know jack and sh*t about Australian copyright law, but in the US, the company behind Fortnight defended against lawsuits of them using "trademarked" dances because you can't trademark a dance in the US. Long story short, sounds like an international tour is the best route for this masterpiece.

[@GaogaoSenpaisaurus]

THIS! I remember that Alfonso Ribeiro's legal team went after EPIC for using the "Carlton Dance". The court ruled in EPIC's favor.

[@iAVS-info]

Copyright law gives people permission for parody and satire, the comedian would have easily won any lawsuit, the issue is that the lawyers tried to intimidate the venue - and it worked.

[@rogerhorky7258]

in the US, dances and pantomines are copyrighted, not patented. first example was in 1956, by Hanya Holm, for the choreography in Kiss Me Kate.

[@AmyBurchall]

I mean, the "kangaroo move" features in Thriller, so it's originally American then, right? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@arohk1579]

You can't trademark the word Raygun either, it doesn't qualify for trademark protection. If it did it would already be trademarked.

[@MrTripppster]

"Dance moves" 😂 please! 😂😂 please, really 😂 "DANCE MOVES" hahaha😂

[@karend6987]

I love how she's taking the piss during her "apology" video. All the well timed pauses and clever words are gold! Absolutely classic. This has me in stitches, probably more than the official video itself!! 🤣🤷‍♀️ Tradmarking the stupid roo dance move? Tell her she's dreaming!! Struth!! 🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♀️

[@hatatfatcat]

Imagine how good the writing in the musical will be lol

[@barongerhardt]

In the US none of the trademark, patent, copyright doesn't apply to individual moves. Copyright could apply to the whole dance, but would likely be found to be an acceptable use as satire. Then there is an issue with it being a competition. It wasn't put out as a independent piece of art. It could be found that the performance IP is owned by the IOC not raygun. Also unless the venue was producing the event, they like have no liability.

[@nicko9969]

Had to make you 100 likes. 🎉😊

[@lindageorge8209]

Isn't the Kangaroo dance aboriginal?

[@karend6987]

@lindageorge8209 probably? Wouldn't have a clue. Lol

[@albertofranfrup]

I love the coverage that Steph is getting through all this. Most people wouldn't have known her name but now Raygun has given her a tonne of coverage. She was even interviewed on The Project. So happy for her.

[@livtempleton]

Streisand effect at its finest

[@Ln-cq8zu]

​@@livtempleton 👍🤣🌅

[@comedymental5262]

Yea imagine herr dancing in the court showing whats all this is about.

[@georgehenderson7783]

I would actually pay to see that

[@TheMarkhopper]

The judge would give her 6 months for contempt!

[@marcbeebee6969]

Yes please

[@nineoclockhero]

I always thought that move was a temu version of the M.J. "Thriller" zombie dance.

[@MrPoppaLu]

Damaged her brand?! I would argue that Raygun damaged Breakdancing, she single-handedly had Breakdancing removed from the Olympics.

[@revwillyg6450]

Exactly! Is SUCKING really a brand?

[@AzzyDude24601]

It was always going to be a once off for this Olympics.

[@lepari9986]

Raygun is horrible but this repeating comment is so stupid, break dancing was going to be one off for Paris anyway no matter if she was there or not.

[@turboant]

She didn't breakdance, she broke dance

[@jamesbullo]

Should have just not used her name. Like call it SprayGun or something

[@CraftedVision]

Soooo Raygun stealing an Aboriginal dance move (Kangaroo) and trying to trademark it?

[@byrnemeister2008]

@@oldfascist38.that would be hilarious😂😂😂

[@manitobasky]

She should have a dance off, winner gets the move.

[@THIS_IS_SPARTA696]

When stupid doubles down on the stupid!

[@middleagedcrazy5297]

There’s an immense amount of that happening these days.

[@redfive5856]

She’s, Rachel Gunn, just trying to hang on to that last 15th minute.

[@tjenadonn6158]

Australia's Hawk Tuah girl.

[@Confucius_Says...]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Mad4400]

Actually, she is trying to achieve the opposite. If the musical were to go ahead, it would keep her name circulating in the media for longer. She just wants her name and any reference to her "performance" to be forgotten. By putting a claim to the name and the dance moves, she is trying to shut down any use of them.

[@Confucius_Says...]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justinsander7654]

The Kangaroo dance is a Native aboriginal dance that is nearly identical to what she does. I hazard to say that the the aboriginal tribal council or what ever their overseeing governing body is should sue her for what ever a lawyer can find. Its one thing to use it in the Olympics its another to try to copyright it to secure profit and passively aggressively attack other Australians. When it clear cultural appropriation.

[@charlespanache7047]

It really would be nice to see her have a lawsuit due to illegal use of the patenting system. I cant believe any of her claims were taken serious. Also she claims to have an original concept for her Olympic routine, yet every move has been done before. This person cannot stop embarrassing themselves

[@shaunjaensch6899]

@@charlespanache7047 its almost as if she's apart of a special group of people who only watch sports for the coin toss

[@wesleygary6651]

cultural appropriation. If that's a real thing why aren't people sued daily over speaking English?

[@justinsander7654]

@@wesleygary6651 Because we intentionally teach English to other cultures to facilitate economic, and positive cultural exchange. Since English is the only language where a person can misspell every word in a sentence, incorrectly use homonyms, employ incorrect grammar and still be understood its also the easiest language to learn and use. Especially for any kind of negotiation between two individuals who themselves speak two different languages. This is the main contributing factor as to why one of the smallest countries on the planet once held one of the largest empires. Alternately native English speakers recognize that when a person from another culture learns the language it benefits them too. Because being able to communicate is key to building a mutually beneficial society. Lastly by learning English a person is actively participating in the passive cultural influence of non-english societies by English speaking cultures. Basically by learning English you are self colonizing and making it easier for us to buy your products and influence your culture to be more compatible with ours. That's why we do not make a fuss about it. To use a scifi reference its like a person intentionally injecting themselves with borg nano bots. Thank you for joining us.

[@justinsander7654]

@@wesleygary6651 I could also point out that on its face a person can not make a reasonable a comparison of a language to a culturally specific ceremonial dance.

[@stockhound205]

Set to star in Raygun: The Musical, Sydney comedian Steph Broadbridge observed that the kangaroo dance was: "an Olympic-level dance. How would I possibly be able to do that without any formal breakdancing training? Straight from Rayguns wikipedia page, under the legal issues section. Even wiki is moking her, lol.

[@AsaTrenchard1865]

Change the spelling to all lower-case and bring it 👍

[@DVAus]

Onya for calling it like it is, O-man. The Internet is a cesspool for the largest part. It's understandable you getting a little tired of it and jaded after years of observing this type of thing. Just know that it's the OGs and the real ones like yourself that make it all a little more bearable for the common folk like me. Appreciate yah, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! Take care of yourself. 🍻

[@peteradams1588]

A lot of people think Australia has no free speech. That’s bs. Parody is protected by precedent. She should countersue.

[@pamukpicker]

Based on last few years it seems Australia has no freedoms whatsoever

[@Mad4400]

She isn't claiming defamation. She is claiming intellectual property rights. If the comedian contested her claim and won, she could be awarded damages for the loss of earnings from the cancellation of the show.

[@beat_avenger]

Trademarking a move is the least breakdance thing you can do. Imagine if every breakdance move was trademarked.

[@zoeherriot]

You’d have to do all the crappy non-trademarked moves… hang on… like RAYGUN!!!

[@falconmclenny7284]

Woman has some sort of degree in hip hop culture.. a joke in itself but I digress, and she does this? When someone explains sampling to her, her head might explode.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

RG worried about this Sheila damaging her brand!?!...SHE just damaged her own brand by being a greedy little C🤬!! 👎 ..& what about how she damaged Australia's reputation!?!?!?!

[@jamesnash7262]

…agree, before her we worshipped the Gheary thingy and the country’s white wine…now we realize they are both overblown, over ripe and smelly…like Raygun…who through corruption, favouritism and greed brought this on herself…

[@HunterS.Catson]

None of us associate her with Australia. Don't worry about that, bud.

[@SMFN_Else]

How about, instead of being afraid to curse like mommy is in the room, just be clever and figure out a better, funnier way to call her a selfish? Its not hard, for intelligent people at least

[@GlennOfGod888]

As an Australian taxpayer, she should be in jail.

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

I love how Raygun trying to copyright this is admitting to the world that; 1. She did indeed look like a fuckwit 2. Nothing she was doing was actual breaking If it 'was' actual breaking, she wouldn't be able to lay legal claim to any of it 🤣🤣🤣

[@joedennehy386]

It is by definition breaking as she did it in competition at the Olympics

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

@joedennehy386 Then she cannot legally claim trademark or any other type of copyright over it unless it is for the entire routine, move-for-painful-move.

[@johnlafever3162]

@@joedennehy386his point, that you seemed to have missed was if it is truly breaking, then breaking is a sport based on free invention and copying of moves, building on what has come before. No one person owns anything on the street. If it's trademarkable then it's not technically breaking. It's made up choreographed seizure moves that don't resemble anything previously from break dancing history, which then proves what a fraud she is. She can't have it both ways.

[@Punky_Brewski]

Good job, Raygun - said no one ever.

[@Ln-cq8zu]

Funny 😂

[@ApothecaryTerry]

Not true - the 2nd worst breakdancer at the Olympics definitely said this, since none of us have a clue who that is (I think someone else scored 3 points or something) 🤣

[@ReggieWarrhol]

Ha ha ha, RayGun got a free trip to Paris. I dance better getting out of bed in the morning.

[@abegilbert5113]

I stepped in dog poo one time. That was an epic dance that was way too good for the Olympics. It was like a moonwalk with some spinny twirlies.

[@JRPete]

If there was an EPL of break dancing, your dance moves would be league one while raygunn wouldn't even make the amateur level, no better, yet she wouldn't have an arms length from the EPL pyramid.

[@miclau-p4n]

😂🤣🤣🤣👍🦘

[@TheGrantman83]

The musical was to be put on in a 70 set theatre and the $500 profit from the musical was being donated to a local women's shelter. After "Raygun's" lawyers demanded $10,000 compensation, the organizer offered the $500 to "Ratgun's" lawyers instead to which they refused and demanded the entire $10,000. I contacted the theatre and informed them of fair use and parody laws to help them get around "Raygun's" bullshit so the show could go on. Imagine being that much of a piece of shit that you want to stop a 70 seat show that's donating all it's profits to a local women's shelter.

[@squiddly-diddly]

As a kiwi, I actually thought the kangaroo dance was taken from Aboriginal culture.

[@Cassxowary]

more from bloody kangaroos lol

[@statementleaver8095]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 😂😂 Look at the "Long Jump" Hop,Skip & Jump! "I gunna be a Kangaroo and I wanna get Stoned on Mt Ularu 😂😂😂

[@jublywubly]

It's definitely taken from their dancing.

[@RWB1111]

They don’t deserve that association

[@NickJohnCoop]

Remind exactly how she got her job on the team despite the fact she was comprehensively unable to breakdance?

[@zakgault4209]

Husband was on the board that selected talent in Australia.

[@bombercountyblues]

That's a whole story in itself.. well worth looking up. Whole lot of nepo corruption going on.

[@NickJohnCoop]

@zakgault4209 Let me take a wild guess,there's no actual law against conflict of interest is there?

[@masterred82]

she had the mean$ to make it to the qualifiers, more then a lot of the other qualified dancers. That and some shit about the World DanceSport Federation getting the Olympics over other more legit and established break dancing organizations. This is how she was post-Olympics ranked #1 in the world by DanceSport "Rachael "Raygun" Gunn is ranked number one in the world for women's breakdancing by the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF)" - google "Somehow, improbably, B-girl Raygun - yes, the same Raygun who hopped like a kangaroo in her Olympic routines - is now the No. 1 ranked women’s breaker in the world." - New York Times

[@Security_Mum]

She slept with the selector & coach

[@thepickle2535]

She trademarked that? Are you sure? Because I'm 100% positive that came from Thriller in the 1980s. So, no. Use it. Go nuts. Jackson doesn't care.

[@hendoggable]

I seen a one legged dude breakdancing the other day here on KZbin and he was tearing it up and that woman can’t dance a lick so she should trademark that

[@captironsight]

Change the name of the show and call it GayRun.

[@Moonscafe7]

Oh, that could be a very cool show. Even better if some awesome gay producers got their hands on it....

[@MrMickthemonster]

@@captironsight trust me gays dance waaaaay better 🤣

[@Cyphyxia]

She would probably sue that to

[@Ricardo_YouTube_Channel]

​@@Cyphyxia LameGun?

[@aleksanderpopov5060]

@@Moonscafe7monkеурохаlips presidents Gayrun Raigun the musical

[@zombielover317able]

I'm pretty sure Michael Jackson thriller song. Use that kangaroo dance way before she did.

[@NegativeROG]

Why is there a period in the middle of your sentence?

[@willdejong7763]

That's exactly what I thought. I already posted a comment saying so, then started looking through some of the other comments and found this.

[@Chomp-Rock]

See also : The Lonely Island's music video, The Creep.

[@charlespanache7047]

Im confused, isn't what she's doing illegal? Knowingly filing false reports. Or filing a report without evidence / proof that you are the originator? How was she able to go forward when people online can debunk her within an hour?

[@willdejong7763]

@ I don’t think she filed a report with the authorities. She just had lawyers issue a cease and desist, with the threat of a civil lawsuit.

[@Mick-goddo]

"She doesn't need me to do that" 😂😂😂

[@erikc3057]

Sorry, but she can't patent the "sprinkler." She'll have to go back to 1987 to my sister's wedding and pay my Uncle Jimmy because that's when I first saw Raygun-like dancing. Of course alcohol was involved...not sure what Raygun's excuse was.

[@kevdimo6459]

Are her lawyers going to be stalking every single indigenous dance troupe in the top end! Will they serve a cease and desist order, when they go from the goanna straight into the kangaroo dance? Bullshit is what it is 🤬

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

Remember that old vine with Renata Bliss, our freestyle dance teacher? Every 15 years or so, Australia blesses the world with a lady who thinks she can dance but really can’t

[@Fleshlight_Reviewer]

She can dance better 😂

[@marciano5368]

Wait Renata Bliss is Aussie? 😂🤣

[@Shae_Sandybanks]

I always loved that vine, as it reminds me so much of how Shepard dances in Mass Effect

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

@@marciano5368 yeah just going off her accent I’m pretty sure she is, isn’t she?

[@tweeotch]

Kangaroo?!? I thought it was the T-Rex dance!

[@J.J.J.J.J.J.J]

lol

[@joshtracy4441]

I thought she was riding a horse…

[@oldgregg86.]

Yes, everyone knows the t-rex is the national animal of Australia.

[@iaincowell9747]

Watch the video from Walk The Dinosaur by Was (Not Was) from 1987

[@GlideYNRG]

Stepping on Lego at 2am in the morning dance 😂

[@tazzmedia5653]

New title "Raigun - PHD (Pretty Hysterical Dance) Musical"

[@ozcrusada9074]

Like in the Olympics ol raygun is grasping at straws. Also pretty sure the first nation ppl did the kangaroo dance way before our most useless break dancer did.

[@ApothecaryTerry]

I'd like to think the indigenous peoples of Australia have a little more self-respect than that and therefore didn't do that dance.

[@btothec4650]

Go Steph- her response was bloody funny, hope this furthers her career!

[@forbeshutton5487]

Her lawyers must be as good at law as she is at breaking. Her Olympic performance (for lack of a better term) is now the I.P. of the I.O.C. By claiming ownership, she's committing fraud and the I.O.C. may want to take legal action against her, and, much like with her dancing, she won't have a leg to stand on.

[@BarbarisII]

They are pretty suit-happy too

[@shafiqmog3237]

That hadn't even occurred to me! The IOC are very litigious, in ways that most individuals are unable to match.

[@gamerscomplete]

"thats olympic level moves, I dont know how I could possibly do them"

[@annother3350]

Olympic level stupid

[@MrsMacLover]

that is olympic level trolling

[@bradmc1986]

Sarcasm at its finest

[@jessestevenson8041]

She’s taking herself far too seriously isn’t she?

[@davidh5903]

Somebody has to.

[@martingasparik4805]

well, no one else is...

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

"NO, DON'T MAKE FUN OF ME"

[@Mychannel67-wh4tc]

If Raygun had common sense she’d be part of the joke like Eddy the Eagle. She’s pretentious & narcissistic.

[@CombatMosquitoTrainer]

Raygun learnt her dancing moves by studying old Midnight Oil videos. Ironically, the Oils shut down an extremely funny parody by comedian Austen Tayshus.

[@Can0spam]

That kangaroo dance is a slightly modified Michael Jackson Thriller dance. No way they can claim it for their own. Doing that kangaroo dance while swearing looks like fun. I look forward to trying it.

[@thevocalcrone]

well no.. the kangaroo steps of hopping are something we aussies have been doing since we could walk and jump.. pretending to be a kangaroo.. not sure how raygun remained stuck at a preschool dance though.

[@KeepItReel777]

Raygun. The most American Australian

[@cavalieroutdoors6036]

I don't care if it is both accurate and funny, I dislike it. As an American, I refuse to claim her. Australia can keep that.

[@jamescollins8397]

I honestly though Raygun's performance was a comedy skit when I first saw it!

[@mrtrailesafety]

As a visiting Yank I mentioned RayGun in conversation and got eye-rolls and snorts galore.

[@knowEyeDeer]

Yeah mate, she's already given most of us the right idea about herself.

[@kryptokrypto702]

You cannot trademark a movement. I suggest everyone in the world start their raygun mockery, inclhding other content creators. You can't win when everyone does it.

[@Monkey-ud8bw]

Steph Broadbridge should be thanking Raygun, she just got the best promotional material for free. Good luck for when she does do the show, it should be a sellout now.

[@ajaxjohnson7999]

I have the RAYGUN Dance as my Black Ops 6 winning Emote! She is ridiculous!!

[@piccalillipit9211]

*YOU CAN NOT TRADEMARK A DANCE* you can trademark the name of a dance - I just looked up the legal situation You CAN copyright a *choreography* of a dance but not a step.

[@ashleyd2959]

THE PEOPLE MUST KNOW THIS. It is now "The Wallaby Dance"

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@ashleyd2959 Im British [dont live there] In England there are a LOT of wild Wallabies, talk to anyone who goes hunting and they have seen them. They are very good at staying hiden.

[@Cyphyxia]

Thats how epic won against carlton from fresh prince of bel air when they used the carlton dance but it was renamed it sucks i remember that fact because i hate fortnite

[@jessielg2004]

Kath Day-Knight was the original creator of the kangaroo dance

[@Missbexbex]

The trademarked move at the end while trying to find the hair comb microphone 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@perzontube]

Comedy used to have legal protections in Australia... if you are going to steal the break dancing culture from the US, bring their legal culture with it!

[@user-ol4oi9oc4k]

This comedian is sooo funny!! Searching her now! She has such dry humour, says the funniest things with such a straight face 🤣 poor Raygun, why can’t she just accept her fate 😂 she just makes herself look worse with every “move” she makes 😁🕺 🦘

[@Notapotato98]

She loosing her mind ain’t she. Like her mediocre “dancing moves” 🤦🏻

[@Cyphyxia]

I would call it more flailing

[@seriousmonkey5654]

looosing has 3 o's.

[@RD-zx6py]

Mediocre is being very kind.

[@knowEyeDeer]

That's an insult to mediocrity!

[@BlackTortoiseOfTheNorth]

They were not mediocre! They were TERRIBLE.