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What's behind the obsession over whether Elizabeth Holmes intentionally lowered her voice?

  • Written by: Kathryn Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of Tennessee
imageWas the way she spoke another strand of deception in the web of fraud spun by the former Theranos CEO?Karl Mondon/MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images

There is a scene in Hulu’s new series, “The Dropout,” where Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, wearing a white blouse, stands in front of a mirror and practices saying,...

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