Just because you know how the story ends doesn't mean it's not interesting to watch things go so badly. This is a prerequisite for a whole evolving media genre designed specifically for streaming platforms, which describe the most unpleasant stories in the field of technology, company protection and wealth that mixes.
The Dropout from Hulu, which focuses on the fall of Theranos, is the latest. There's also the upcoming Apple TV + WeCrashed series, based on the podcast WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork, followed by Showtime's recent Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Uma Thurman. And let's not forget when Netflix and Hulu released documentaries at Fyre Fest the same week, or when Netflix rushed to choose the film as its alleged husband and wife for laundering bitcoins before their case was resolved.
But when she tells you the same story over and over again without drawing anything new, she loses her charm. Even before Elizabeth Holmes was convicted of investor fraud in January, we learned little from her story, which has spawned podcasts, books and documentaries about real crimes. We read Bad Blood, Theranos, which tells the story of journalist John Kerryr, whose report directly contributes to the fall of Theranos from an estimate of $ 10 billion to zero; we watched the HBO documentary "Inventor: Blood Thirst in Silicon Valley"; and we watch in real time as Silicon Valley reporters tweet during a lively four-month process that is so popular that viewers have to get up at 3 p.m. to make sure they can sit down. Again, today Hulu will release the first three series of "Elimination", and soon Apple TV + will present its film "Bad Blood" with Jennifer Lawrence as Holmes.
These online streamers continue to play this content because they know what I'm going to watch - we are in despair and eager to see how people can be so corrupted by promises of money and fame that they sacrifice their morals. The elimination starring Amanda Seyfried is the first fictional retelling of Holmes' story we know so well: the youngest successful billionaire vows to change the health care system with innovative technology just to show the world that women which he compares, Steve Jobs sold technologies that never even worked.
The series begins with the fictional scenes of Holmes being tried, but apart from these brief aspects, the story of Terranos is shown in a clear linear narrative. From now on, "The Dropout" seems like a slow-motion car crash. You can't look away, but you don't really like the look. Holmes's interpretation of Seyfried is very convincing, as it tries to convince investors, board members, Walgreens partners and its loyal employees that it is not full of nonsense (warning, spoiler: it is full of shit). We also have to watch her fall in love with Sunny Balvani, her future CEO, who is 18 years her senior, although she knows that in 2021, with tears in her eyes, Holmes will claim in court that she was regularly abused during their 12-year period. attitude. "Dropping" makes it clear that Balvani is not a hero in the history of Theranos. But as she dives headlong into the post of CEO, the dynamics of her secret relationship with Baluani are disguised so hard to see.
Shaw also tells the story of Holmes' alleged rape when she was a freshman at Stanford, in an attempt to contextualize the personal catastrophes that made her so hellishly strive for fame and success. She reminded the court of the year: "I decided to build a life by building this company." In the first episodes, the show focused on the performance of Stephen Fry as the lead scientist Ian Gibbons.
But for spectators familiar with Gibbons' court, his hilarious play evokes a sense of anticipation. In 2013, Gibbons committed suicide shortly before he had to testify in the Theranos technology case. His widow, Rochelle Gibbons, said that when her husband died, Holmes did not intervene - instead, the office manager simply asked her to return Jan's laptop. As we watch Rochelle learn of Jan's death, Holmes no longer feels sane. She is a villain, but difficult. The Rejected is still trying to humanize her, using a small creative license to present personal aspects of her life that we will never understand. This version of Holmes, created by Hulu, mourns the death of Gibbons, worries about the lack of viable technology