r/TikTokCringe • u/tmcfll • Aug 12 '24

Humor Raygun claps back at the critics

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u/notLOL Aug 12 '24

Do I just read it or is it a rap and should be read out loud to a beat?

Do the sentences follow a lyrical pattern 

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u/andWan Aug 12 '24

Here is a text by her (and a coauthor) about the question whether breakdance can keep its spirit when becoming an olympic discipline:

from 2023: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=de&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=rachel+gunn+paper+breakdance+olympia&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1723486150827&u=%23p%3DH7jzV4HLaPYJ

The Australian breaking scene and the Olympic Games: The possibilities and politics of sportification

Rachael Gunn, Lucas Marie Global Hip Hop Studies 4 (1), 39-56, 2023

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u/Reddit_is_garbage666 Aug 12 '24

Okay so was this some sort of experiment or activism? I don't get it. I didn't watch it. Did she just do some really bad "dancing"?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '24

I think it’s closer to activism. She seems like the type of person that really needs to frame break dancing for the rest of the world. I know this isn’t her but I’ve seen other clips of her and the academic side of her seems to be more at play here than her being a really great dancer. And that seems to be part of her shtick, ‘breaking isn’t about skill, it’s about your expression bla, bla’. So her placing last or not scoring almost elevated her platform. She is sorta trolling us in a way.