“Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is a one-way ticket to El Salvador with free room and board”

The dystopian sci-fi pitch sounds a little to on-the-nose to really work:
Kristi Noem reportedly wants the U.S. citizenship process to play out in front of the cameras.
The Homeland Security secretary has been working with writer and producer Rob Worsoff to pitch a reality TV show—titled The American—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to the Daily Mail.
Citing a copy of Worsoff’s 35-page program pitch, the Daily Mail reported that the Canadian-born producer aims to “celebrate what it means to be American and have a national conversation about what it means to be American, through the eyes of the people who want it most.” Worsoff is best known for producing the A&E reality show Duck Dynasty.
It’s like, every sentence makes it even more terrible. It’s getting so I can’t even blame the low-information focus groups who just refuse to believe Republicans are doing what they’re doing, because at times I can barely believe it myself.
I reiterate that PRK’s Mark Burnett profile is the one thing to read about the origins of Trumpism if you’re reading only one.