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By Johnny LieuHBO’s Theranos documentary has finally aired, and you bet people have thoughts.
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley was always going to be a creepy watch, but what’s particularly shocking are the details of how Elizabeth Holmes managed to fool enough rich people into given her millions of dollars for technology that didn’t work.
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Holmes, who modelled herself after Steve Jobs, even wore a black turtleneck. At least one person dressed for the occasion.
There was no question how Holmes, and who she was as a person, helped her get in the room with investors.
White privilege is when an investor will give you millions of dollars because your great grandad was an entrepreneur and your uncle was a doctor so you must be a natural at those things. #TheInventor pic.twitter.com/c7Td5QaomS
— kat calvin (@KatCalvinLA) March 19, 2019
Honestly, the biggest takeaway I have from @HBODocs #TheInventor is that Elizabeth Holmes was a textbook beneficiary of white privilege. No minority with the same lack of credentials and lack of actionable results would’ve gotten a far as she did.
— Joreen Belocura (@AgeofIrony) March 19, 2019
It’s been interesting to watch #TheInventor & the #FyreFestival docs to see how easy it is for some ppl to raise millions of dollars from investors without showing proof of anything yet POC struggle to get even ONE meeting w/ investors to show an already working concept.
— CJ Johnson (@cjjohnsonjr) March 19, 2019
Non-blinking, blue eyed, deep-throated, black turtleneck wearing, blonde white woman in need of a deep conditioner:
“One drop of blood can be put in a box and spit out the results of 200 tests.”White Men & Walgreens:
(Invests millions with no proof!)#TheInventor
— Janell8ItAll (@LiveLoveLifeDo) March 19, 2019
There were also the claims that Holmes faked a deep voice when speaking in public, for some reason.
Elizabeth Holmes… her put on fake deep voice for gravitas is a lot… #TheInventor
— Bärí A. Williams (@BariAWilliams) March 19, 2019
We are four minutes in on this #Theranos doc on HBO and I cannot stop laughing at Elizabeth Holmes “deep voice”
This story is absolutely fascinatingly absurd. #TheInventor
— Mattie-Lou Chandler (@MattieLouC) March 19, 2019
two seconds into the theranos documentary and chris screams IS THAT HER REAL SPEAKING VOICE
— amy brown (@arb) March 19, 2019
Also, can you imagine how exhausting it must be to keep up a fake voice 24/7? #TheInventor
— Brandi McNeil (@BrandiMcN) March 19, 2019
Ultimately, though, most of the reactions came back to the same thing: shock and outrage that people were willing to give Holmes so much money.
This documentary is scary because the same people being fooled into putting money in this sham company are people who have control over our economy. Investing our hard earned money without checking under the hood. #TheInventor #Theranos
— Lost Einstein (@LostEinstein) March 19, 2019
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is now streaming on HBO GO and Now.
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