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How Spencer Pratt Cast Himself as a Villain and We Bought It
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Using the power of narrative, Pratt became the evil half of Speidi, a pair on the ‘reality’ show ’The Hills.’ With a storyteller’s skill, he made us hate him and it made him rich.
P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brookings
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Sep. 28 2018
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