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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 6, 2022 13:12:40 GMT -5
Anyone else watching this? I’ve checked out the three episodes out so far and appreciated the end of the 3rd one when… {Spoiler}Elizabeth Holmes goes full Darth Vader |
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 6, 2022 13:30:14 GMT -5
Enjoying it so far.
Looking forward to hearing her try and do Holmes' theatrical voice for the remaining episodes.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 6, 2022 13:52:45 GMT -5
Enjoying it so far. Looking forward to hearing her try and do Holmes' theatrical voice for the remaining episodes. Yeah, it’s going to be fun to see how it comes off and if Amanda Seyfried can pull it off without sounding too silly. As it is the biggest flaw with the casting is a typical one for these kind of biopics. Amanda Seyfried is too good looking compared to the real Holmes. I’m not knocking Holmes either (well not for her looks anyway), but Seyfried has real movie star looks and they only tried to hide those so much. On the plus side of casting Seyfried she managed to pull off playing an 18/19 year-old really well despite being about twice that in real life. 30 somethings playing late teens/early 20 somethings is tougher to pull off than some may give it credit for. The Canadian show Workin’ Moms tried to do it for one episode and it came off really cringeworthy since almost no attempt was made at trying to de-age the cast. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 11, 2022 8:14:27 GMT -5
I watched the new episode yesterday. I enjoyed that within the context of the show Katy Perry is the reason Walgreens partnered with Theranos.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 11, 2022 17:05:54 GMT -5
Didn't occur to me until today that it's Naveen Andrews playing her boyfriend.
Dude was so handsome when he was on Lost. I know it's been like 15 years, but yikes.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Mar 11, 2022 17:17:23 GMT -5
Didn't occur to me until today that it's Naveen Andrews playing her boyfriend. Dude was so handsome when he was on Lost. I know it's been like 15 years, but yikes. I thought the same. I read he is wearing prosthetics and he gained 25 pounds for the role. I have been watching this and I watched Inventing Anna as well. Really makes you hate modern day capitalist society. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 18, 2022 6:53:01 GMT -5
For those following the real life Sunny Balwani, this show has had an unintended consequence in that trial. Jurors have been dismissed due to watching the show since it could make them bias.
I could just imagine how else The Dropout could effect things since the legal mess of Theranos is by no means over. Especially if Elizabeth Holmes takes the stand again…
Holmes: The show isn’t completely accurate.
Lawyer: You’re saying you didn’t try to seduce Sunny while dancing to “How to Love” by Lil Wayne in the middle of a work day?
Holmes: Of course I didn’t…it was “Yeah!” by Usher.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Mar 18, 2022 7:24:10 GMT -5
For those following the real life Sunny Balwani, this show has had an unintended consequence in that trial. Jurors have been dismissed due to watching the show since it could make them bias. I could just imagine how else The Dropout could effect things since the legal mess of Theranos is by no means over. Especially if Elizabeth Holmes takes the stand again… Holmes: The show isn’t completely accurate. Lawyer: You’re saying you didn’t try to seduce Sunny while dancing to “How to Love” by Lil Wayne in the middle of a work day? Holmes: Of course I didn’t…it was “Yeah!” by Usher. Yeah this show seems really inconsistent with who they want to "blame". They start with Holmes talking about "wanting to be a billionaire". Which seems to want to paint her as ambitious at all cost. But from the on they want to portray her as just a young girl in over her head and Sunny is corrupting her. |
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