‘SNL’ Imagines Druski Directing ‘You Can See Everything’ in a Hilarious Elizabeth Holmes Parody

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Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s ‘You Can See Everything’ has been everywhere this fall, so it was only a matter of time before ‘Saturday Night Live’ took its shot at the Elizabeth Holmes documentary. The A24 film follows Holmes and her partner Billy Evans in the days before she reported to prison for defrauding investors and patients. It has become a genuine cultural phenomenon.

The timing couldn’t have been better. Druski hosted the 5th episode of Season 52, with The Strokes as a musical guest, and he became the first internet comedian ever to host the show. In his monologue, he said he wouldn’t be doing a watered-down version of ‘SNL’, and he hinted that he might break the show’s rules against cursing and whiteface.

He kept that promise in a pre-taped parody called ‘Dru Can See Everything’. The 3:45 sketch opens with a parade of real headlines celebrating the film’s success, from The New York Times reporting more than 2,000 sold-out shows to Variety’s story on its $15 million debut. Forbes is shown saying it broke a 20-year box office record, and The Atlantic asks how Fielder pulled it off.

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The sketch gives the hit documentary a new origin story. Before Fielder and Oppenheim signed on, it suggests, Druski was originally attached to make the film. Jane Wickline plays Holmes, and Ben Marshall plays her husband, Billy Evans, as the couple invites the comedian into their home to tell their story.

Druski doesn’t hold back. When Wickline’s Holmes asks him to show the world she’s an ordinary person, he tells her that, based on what he’s seen so far, he can’t, and that the couple gives off some of the strangest vibes he’s ever encountered. He opens the sketch by imitating Fielder, peeking around corners with his headphones on.

The spoof hits plenty of the documentary’s best-known moments. During a close-up interview, Druski thinks Holmes is trying to seduce him and tries to close her eyes with his fingers, but they pop right back open. When she shows him a product she’s been working on, he bluntly calls it the cheapest-looking thing he has ever seen.

The biggest laugh comes from one of Fielder’s signature techniques. The sketch spoofs his decision to bring in an actress to play Holmes later in the documentary. Here, Druski looks in the mirror, decides he needs someone who can truly embody her, and the scene cuts to him as the Theranos founder in a wig, heavy makeup, and prosthetics.

What follows is a staring contest of sorts. Druski and Wickline keep repeating the line “I’m always being real” back and forth to each other. Druski finally declares that he could do it all day and that she doesn’t scare him.

That reenactment is how the sketch keeps the promise from Druski’s monologue. He had joked that the show’s rules included no whiteface, and the Holmes transformation broke that rule along with the one about cursing. Deadline called it one of the funniest sketches of the season, and Consequence praised Wickline’s impression of Holmes as spot-on.

The film’s success made it an obvious target. ‘You Can See Everything’ opened to $15.6 million from just 855 theaters, the biggest debut for a documentary since ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’. It has since grown into one of the biggest documentaries ever made.

It’s still climbing, too. The doc recently passed $73.5 million domestically, overtaking ‘This Is It’ and ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’, and it’s expected to pass ‘March of the Penguins’ this weekend. Some now think it has a shot at $100 million in the US.

For Druski, the sketch was the highlight of a big night. His hosting debut also included a monologue cameo from Emma Stone, his co-star in the upcoming Universal rom-com ‘The Catch’.

Did Druski's Dru Can See Everything parody live up to the original documentary?

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