(Jenna
Maroney, anxious to meet Austrian royalty, the last of the Hapsburg line, crashes
a very classy party.)
Jenna
(played by Jane Krakowski) (to Liz Lemon): “Oh, hello.”
Liz
(played by Tina Fey): “Hi. How did
you get in here?”
Jenna:
“Oh Liz, if you dress well and enter with confidence, you can get in anywhere.”
Liz: “You showed the security guy your boobs,
didn't you?”
Jenna:
“Just one. It’s not the White House.” —30
Rock, Season 1, Episode 12, “Black Tie,” original air date Feb. 1, 2007, teleplay by Kay Cannon and Tina Fey, directed
by Don Scardino
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a decade now
since 30 Rock hit the air. Smart and
fast-paced, it was exquisitely attuned both to television (it was set, of
course, on the set of a Saturday Night
Live-style show) and to the ways that urban life could leave its
inhabitants (like Jenna here) at least slightly unhinged.
I’ve wondered recently what this great show might
have made of the improbable journey of Donald Trump from New York fixture to
new White House occupant. It turns out that I’m not the only one. Madison Malone Kircher of New York Magazine has paired pictures of Trump with lines
from 30 Rock’s unstoppable Jenna to
produce campaign scenarios that, in this surreal election year, sound eerily
close to reality.
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