Who Is America?'s prank on The Bachelor's Corinne Olympios doesn't make sense

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"What is this segment trying to satirize, exactly?" asks Kathryn VanArendonk. "That a woman who’s already been used as a tool in multiple TV ratings ploys would make a fool of herself again? That she’s absurdly compliant with the demands of celebrity, to the point that she’ll go along with any script she’s given? At its most damning, the segment is a swipe at how happy Olympios is to be on television, and what exactly she’s willing to do for publicity. But for (Sacha) Baron Cohen, a notorious big-budget prankster who delights in making himself look like an idiot to take down other people as collateral damage, that satire can cut both ways."

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