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CUTTING OUT THE BULL QUOTE: THERE’S A LOT OF INSECURITY BEHIND THOSE (ARMANI) SUITS, A LOT OF BRAVADO – DARREN STAR, CREATOR OF ‘THE $TREET’

GREEDY stockbrokers may not, at first, seem likable enough to comprise an entire TV show.

But, heck, everybody hates lawyers – and look how many TV shows they have.

That’s why a new series called “The $treet,” a slick drama from “Sex and the City” creator Darren Star, seems a shoo-in to become one of the biggest new hits.

The show follows the boardroom and bedroom adventures of a group of young Armani-clad brokers after they quit their big, establishment firm to start one of their own.

“Let’s put it this way,” Star told The Post. “This show is about the people behind those expensive suits.

“There’s a lot of insecurity behind those suits, there’s a lot of bravado – and it’s facade.”

Just as the boom era of the 1980s fostered interest in lawyers – when hit shows like “L.A. Law” glorified the legal lifestyle – “The $treet” offers a glimpse into the lives of the twenty- and thirtysomethings spoiled rotten by the bull market of the late 1990s.

The idea behind the show Star said, “partially came from living in New York and seeing how Wall Street culture had kind of infiltrated the city.

“It came from being exposed to these packs of guys running around town with a lot of money, and I began to sort of wonder who these guys were.”

“The $treet,” Star says, is not about Wall Street.

It just uses Wall Street as a backdrop to explore how some men think – much the same way “Sex and the City” isn’t about writing a relationship column – but how a clique of single New York women (of a certain age) think.

“This show is not ‘Sex and the City’ for guys,” Star says, probably for the one-thousandth time since the show was picked up by Fox last summer.

“But I think that this show has elements of looking at the world through a male point of view,” he concedes.

“Hopefully, it’s going to have characters who represent different aspects of what it is like to be a guy, much the same way ‘Sex and the City’ represents different aspects of what it is to be a single woman.”

The show’s biggest suprise may be that not all of the sharks on Wall Street have teeth. “I don’t think they’re all bad,” Star said. “I think it’s more of a struggle to hang on to your [moral center] while you’re working in this harsh environment.”

“The Street” could have attracted some major star power, thanks in part to the popularity of “Sex and the City.”

But “I consciously wanted to go after actors that didn’t have big TV profiles,” Star said.

For once, most of the cast came not from other TV shows – but from the movies – Tom Everett Scott (“Boiler Room,” “That Thing You Do”), Jennifer Connelly (“Inventing the Abbotts,” “Labyrinth”) and Adam Goldberg, (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Dazed and Confused”).

“I think with the success of ‘Sex and the City’ I’ve been able to work with a certain caliber of actors and I didn’t want to take a step down from that,” Star said.

The show also features occasional appearances by Molly Ringwald and Jenny Garth (“Beverly Hills, 90210”).