224:. The film includes a stunt where Butler collects discarded bottles of urine from Amazon drivers, and sells the contents as a "bitter lemon" drink, manipulating the listing to become a #1 bestseller. It also features a segment where Butler gets a job and works undercover at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry, England until he is discovered. The documentary was generally well reviewed, received five out of five stars in the
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I Sent Fakes of Myself to Be on TV Around the World
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