The Dropout review: Rise and fall of Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes told with riveting verve

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The Dropout review: Rise and fall of Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes told with riveting vervewas praised as the evolutionary zenith of nerd-dom until his mantra of “move fast and break things” proved ripe for subversion in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election.

That story – of rise and fall, tech guru turned prison inmate – is told with riveting verve by The Dropout . Arriving on terrestrial TV two years after its debut on Disney+, it remains a gripping cautionary tale, illuminated by a powerhouse lead performance by Inside the Garda Armed Support Unit: ‘You see things no one should ever see – shootings, murders and stabbings’

Determined to do better than her family, she gains a place at prestigious Stanford University and signs up for a college exchange in Beijing. Unlike her classmates, she is in China to learn rather than booze and misbehave. There, she starts a friendship with Sunny Balwani , a postgrad 19 years her senior. They remain in contact after she has returned to the US, where she is sexually assaulted at a party.

 

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