Documentary Explores Viral Backlash and Mental Health Struggles of Olympic Breakdancer Rachael Gunn

The Raygun documentary ducks a big question about the Olympic fame of a ‘dorky white academic’

Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly finds warmth and humor in Rachael Gunn’s ordeal, but never fully reckons with what her notoriety meant for breaking Early in Netflix’s new documentary, Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly, Australian B-girl Rachael Gunn, recounts a session she had with her sports psychologist prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics. “Right before the Olympics, I went to my therapist, panicked,” she says. Her therapist asked her what was the worst thing that could happen. And she said, “The wh...

By Dvora Meyers