fb777 Raygun Shuts Down Musical Inspired by Her Jeered Olympic Breaking
A performance of “Breaking: The Musical,” a parody exploring the journey of the Australian breaker known as B-girl Raygun, whose unusual routines at the Paris Olympics this summer led to mockery and memes, was shut down after a cease-and-desist letter.
Steph Broadbridge, the show’s creator and star, said she was willing to make changes so the show could move forward, but not at the expense of art. She said the show in Sydney was designed to be intimate enough that she could receive feedback from friends and other comedians with the goal of having it fully ready by May.
“I was trying to get notes and bump up the jokes and make it funnier,” she said.
The breaker, Dr. Rachael Gunn, a professor with a Ph.D. in cultural studies from Macquarie University who has a background as a ballroom, jazz and tap dancer, became an unlikely Olympic celebrity after losing all three of her head-to-head battles with routines that featured her thrashing about on her side and hopping around like a kangaroo.
The one-hour show was supposed to feature a dozen actors and songs like “You May Be a B-Girl, But You’ll Always Be an A-Girl to Me,” “I’m Breaking Down” and “I Would Have Won but I Pulled a Muscle,” according to an Eventbrite listing.
Broadbridge, 42, said in a video posted to her Instagram account that Gunn’s lawyers had said that the musical could damage the dancer’s brand and that she was not allowed to perform any of Raygun’s signature moves.
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