By Mashable | Created at 2026-08-13 10:42:59 | Updated at 2026-08-13 12:14:34
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"Some of the memes were funny. Then the tone started to change."
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Shannon Connellan is Mashable's Senior Editor, General Assignments, based in London. She has been Mashable's UK Editor (and still manages the illustrious UK team) and Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives searching for Exit 8. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror, and loves to nerd out with movie stars, filmmakers, and TV creators.
on August 13, 2026
It's been two years since Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn gained international attention with her kangaroo-hopping performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Now, Netflix's upcoming documentary Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly gives Gunn a platform to address critics and chronicle going viral after her maligned, highly-memed routine won zero points from Olympic judges. Almost overnight, the breakdancer became the subject of a wave of online hate, while accusations were made around Gunn's rise to the Olympic stage.
"There was this frenzy. It was a growing monster," Gunn says in the trailer. "Some of the memes were funny. Then the tone started to change."
Judging by the comments on Netflix's YouTube video, such speculation is far from over. It remains to be seen how Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly, directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way, will handle such matters.
Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly is streaming on Netflix Sept. 1.
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Shannon Connellan is Mashable's Senior Editor, General Assignments, based in London. She has been Mashable's UK Editor (and still manages the illustrious UK team) and Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives searching for Exit 8. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror, and loves to nerd out with movie stars, filmmakers, and TV creators.
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