Parodies of 'You Can See Everything' Flood TV and Public Events
The documentary "You Can See Everything" inspired a wave of parodies on television, including a Tonight Show sketch and a public look-alike contest, after its strong box-office opening. Earlier, the film topped U. S. documentary box-office records for 15 years, driving spikes in ABC News podcast listeners and viewership of the Disney/Hulu series "The Dropout.
" Critics noted its ambiguous narrative and said it downplayed key evidence, with former Theranos employee Tyler Shultz telling Meghan McCain that the documentary omitted important proof of Holmes' alleged falsehoods. A communications professor argued that Holmes employed "paltering"—using truthful statements to create false impressions—a theme explored in the film. Director Nathan Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim described their approach of mixing interviews with staged reenactments and said they faced unexpected twists while maintaining access to Holmes during her final month of freedom. Filmmaker Errol Morris said he holds an unreleased two-hour 2015 interview with Holmes, and Fielder later said he still does not understand why he and Oppenheim were selected to make the documentary.
