Hulu's The Dropout is an eight-part miniseries that traces the birth, rise, and fall of Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, who was convicted in January 2022 of four counts of defrauding investors.
The series is based on an ABC Audio podcast of the same name and was actually supposed to star Kate McKinnon in the lead role. We know now that Amanda Seyfried ended up with the role.
Let's take a look at what viewers are saying:
1. The whole story is a gold mine, given the plethora of documentaries, movies, and TV series that have been made or are being made about it:
The Dropout on Hulu is gold!!!!
2. Seyfried has really arrived in the arena of serious roles:
Wow. Only just watched the first couple of minutes of The Dropout on @Hulu but @AmandaSeyfried really nails that role (comparing to documentaries). Can't wait to watch the first episodes when I get home.
3. The Dropout apparently does a good job showing the transition from a dreamer to a darker figure:
the dropout on hulu is so good. u can rly see how elizabeth holmes went from@bright eyed girl who wanted to change the world to a literal cartoon villain. highly recommend
4. Holmes' obsession with imitating Steve Jobs is not lost on anyone:
The Dropout is on Hulu, that crazy white bitch really was a bootleg Steve Jobs 😂😭
5. Seyfried has nicely re-created Holmes' deep voice:
I'm 5 minutes into The Dropout, and all I'll be thinking about and impersonating for weeks is Amanda Seyfried's Elizabeth Holmes voice.
6. But for some, that voice is unbearable:
I’m less than 60 seconds into Hulu’s “The Dropout” and I already find Amanda Seyfried’s imitation of Elizabeth Holmes’s deep voice extremely annoying. Even more annoying than Holmes’s!
7. The music complements the show and drives home the theme of a particular episode:
I'm only one episode into The Dropout on Hulu but the soundtrack is 👍👍
8. The show nicely fleshes out what wrongs started happening and when:
Hulu's Theranos docu-series 'The Dropout' is like watching a car crash in slow motion
9. This funny take makes an important point:
THE DROPOUT (Hulu, 2022):
10. Like Seyfried/Holmes' voice, William H. Macy's forehead takes attention away from his acting:
clapping and cheering when william h macy's forehead shows up in the dropout like it's an avenger
11. People are applauding the moment when Phyllis Gardner (Laurie Metcalf) points out limitations of Holmes' design and then later schools her on what it takes to be a successful scientist and businessperson:
Laurie Matcalf’s take down of Amanda Seyfried in Ep 1 of The Dropout.
12. I enjoy Yoda and I loved baby Yoda a lot, but that quote just annoys me when people use it in real life. I am glad Gardner called it out:
Laurie Metcalf's Yoda speech in 'The Dropout' is why she's a national treasure
13. For the few moments that Metcalf has been onscreen, she has been forceful:
laurie metcalf walked onto the set of the dropout and said that she's here to collect another emmy.
14. An important feature of The Dropout is that it keeps things grounded and close to real life:
i didn't review the dropout but the hulu series does everything right that inventing anna does wrong: it centers elizabeth holmes, doesn't attempt to girl boss-ify her, and allows her weird voice to be part of the story, rather than a distraction
15. Many fans (including yours truly) feel that The Dropout is a better show than Inventing Anna:
The Dropout is everything Inventing Anna wasn’t, all in the best way possible
16. In case anyone feels that a lot of it is made up (like in Inventing Anna), please be reminded — it's not:
started the dropout and they should put a pop up in this show that’s like “yeah, she was really like this, elizabeth holmes really acted like this”
17. As someone who has worked in a lab, I concur:
The most unbelievable part of The Dropout is when a prof walks into his lab and immediately puts on a lab coat.
18. I think it's too early to say if the show is too sympathetic or not; only three episodes out of eight have dropped yet:
Seeing more than a few people say THE DROPOUT is too sympathetic to Elizabeth Holmes, which I find very confusing, because I think the show does a good job establishing she's *probably* a sociopath
19. Seyfried is getting some really high praise:
all i have to say is that Amanda Seyfried is so fucking good in The Dropout. an Emmy will melt when it touches her hands soon