"The Inventor" on HBO -- the story of Elizabeth Holmes

[mainer]

A pretty blonde dupes a bunch of rich old white guys (including Kissinger and George Schultz). Rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars for an invention that doesn't work. It's like "Fyre Festival," only with a lot more money and lawyers. Her attorney David Boies comes off looking like an asshole.

Must-watch TV about a brilliant sociopath who still hasn't admitted she's a liar.

Hero of the story? Wall Street Journal reporter John Carryou, who broke the story. Some heroes are journalists.

[Nay]

1. It wasn't really an invention that didn't work -- it was an invention that didn't exist.

Carryou wrote a book about Theranos -- it was terrific. She set them all up, and they fell for it. She used to have plain brown hair; she went blonde for the obvious reason. Same thing with the all-black clothing. The fancy office. No tours of the 'lab.' All a big scam!

[Marie Marie]

2. Just watched this. Excellent and highly recommended.

This woman could rival Trump in the lying department.

[Olafjoy]

3. What I want to know is

What is with the weird fake baritone voice?

[murielm99]

4. I wondered about that, too.

It does keep people off balance. She should not sound like that. She should sound as sweet and innocent as she appears, so it throws people off. That is the purpose: to keep people off balance.

[mainer]

5. Yeah it was creepy

It sounded computer generated. Couldn’t help wondering if the turtlenecks she always wears is to cover up a man’s Adam’s apple.