It gets very weird, very quickly.

BuzzFeed invited comedian Barry Rothbart to make a video exploring income disparity in America. Instead, he decided to try to join the 1 percent in one week.

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Meet Barry Rothbart, an actor/comedian and very chill money lover.

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Barry discovered that it takes almost $450,000 a year to become part of the 1 percent in the state of California.

That figure boils down to $8,400 a week, which Barry rounded up to an even $9,000.

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He decided the first step in achieving his goal would be to meet with a financial adviser...

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