Rub It was influential in many ways, and one of the properties it inspired shows the impact medical comedy has had on popular culture in general, and not just the TV industry. Every doctor in Rub brought something new to the table, and one in particular had such a cool moment that it was copied and pasted into a video game that took the world by storm in 2017 and is still huge today.
All nine seasons of Rub aired between 2001 and 2010, but the show was canceled after major changes made to the final season were not well received by the sitcom's devoted audience. Common Rub revival now confirmed to be on the way, showrunner Bill Lawrence has the opportunity to right the wrongs with Rub season 9 and allow the cult classic to stand out on a much better note. Despite Rub'dormancy for the last 15 years, has yet been silently recognized in a very significant and surprising way.
Donald Faison's dance as Turk in “My Half-Acre” was used as Fortnite's default dance gesture
Turk's audition for the janitor's band took place 11 years before the release of Fortnite
In Rub Season 5, Episode 9, 'My Half-Acre', the B-story revolves around Neil Flynn's Janitor, taking the air guitar concept several steps further by putting together an entire air band. While auditioning for an aerial frontman, Donald Faison's Dr. Christopher “Chris” Turk performs an impressive dance to “Poison” by Bell Biv Devoe. The dance was adopted by Epic Games' Fortnite in 2017, when the game was released. It was one of the standard emotes, so it was immediately available to all players. However, the emote is much shorter than Turk's actual dance.
Fortnite is primarily a Battle Royale game and it had and still has a pretty broad appeal. However, it is more common among younger age groups. Therefore, when the game was released in 2017, it is unlikely that many players knew the origin of the dance and the character their avatar was imitating when the emote was used. Rub it had been off the air for seven years at the time. So while die-hard fans of the show may have noticed Turk's movements in Fortnitemany other players will be unaware of the tribute.
The controversy surrounding Fortnite's Donald Faison dance explained
Faison was not paid or credited by Epic Games
As co-host on Fake doctors, real friends – the officer Rub rewatching the podcast, Faison discussed how the dance in “My Half-Acre” came about. In short, he made it all up on the spot, so the performance is his own creation. It is possible to copyright a dance under certain circumstances, but Faison apparently never saw the need to investigate this. So, although Vulture reports that Fortnite reached out to ask the show for permission to use Turk's dance in the game, Faison did not receive a single penny in royalties, nor was he created as the dance's creator.
When speaking in a Rub cast reunion in 2018, a year later FortniteAfter the release, Faison was invited by a fan to perform the dance live on stage. Ultimately, he declined the request and simply replied, “If you want to see it, you can play Fortnite, because they stole that shit!” Unfortunately, Epic Games has gone through all the appropriate channels to verify the legality of the use of the Rub dance, so there is very little Faison can do.
Source: Vulture