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Maybe you mean this as a joke but it absolutely was. At one point Joe mentions he and Carole made a lot of money off each other. He ran a whole internet show on the premise of vilifying her, and her whole "Cat Rescue" zoo couldn't exist without the likes of him.

They both denounce each-other but depend on each-other. Though I suppose Kayfabe would maybe imply some mutual understanding of this interdependence and some agreed-upon boundaries.

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Lol I think its a case study in Kayfabe, especially the part where Joe Exotic ironically went off-script and orchestrated a shoot. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot_(professional_wrestling)

A "shoot" is when the agreed-upon boundaries are broken and a "worked shoot" is one where they are "broken" but actually planned E.g. when Joe's barn burned down. Classic.

Sort of like Batman and the Joker?

"you won't kill me out of some misguided sense of self righteousness and I won't kill you because you're just too much fun"

I had the same thought