‘Old White Men” is the title of the turning-point episode of the delicious Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos miniseries from Hulu, The Dropout. Created by a woman, Elizabeth Meriwether (New Girl), the show nevertheless casts an unsparing look at how today’s patriarchy works: in pretty much the opposite way to what the feminists claim. The patriarchy bends over backward, even humiliates itself, when there’s a chance to accommodate pretty young women. Affable rich guys who grew up before color television cast their eyes on Elizabeth Holmes, and they were willing to believe anything. After the blinders went on, the checkbooks came out.
Holmes (who was convicted of fraud in January and faces many years in federal prison) touted a breakthrough product that simply did not exist, yet she managed to leverage her magnificent blue eyes and blonde hair to a market valuation of $9 billion before her Silicon Valley blood-testing firm, Theranos, collapsed. Among those seen heaping praise on her are Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, whose personal appearances with her are blended into the show.
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