>> yes, sir. >> "30 rock" is about milking the utter divide between the super rich and the rest of america. >> especially in an era of really intense economic inequality, class is the great invisible force in both american culture and in the american sitcom. >> hey, dad, how did you decide what you were going to do for a living? >> a plied for a bunch of jobs and i took every one that hired me. >> so ma, how did you decide what you were going to be? >> well, when your father decided that he wasn't going to be rich, i decided to get a job. >> america likes to believe that the poorest person born into the most abject poverty could with enough gumption become the richest person in america. >> hey, everybody. america's the land of opportunity. i stand before you as -- >> stop. >> you know, the idea that you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps and yet as we know not everyone is able to achieve the american dream.