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當華爾街成為實境真人秀

By CARLA BARANAUCKAS  Published: November 2, 2008

The producers of the reality TV series “Wall Street Warriors” find themselves in a case of life imitating life. 
真人實境秀節目「華爾街戰士」的製作人發現他們自己正處於以「生活模仿生活」的處境下。（註：出處為王爾德的名言「生活模仿藝術，多過於藝術模仿生活」，意指許多人們生活中的行為模式，其實是模仿戲劇或其他種類的藝術而來，例如，在CSI影集播出後，犯罪手法常以其為根據「翻新」。）

The show documents life on Wall Street by focusing on a handful of traders, brokers and fund managers, and the producers, Sean Skelton and Scott Gill, had a front-row seat as the bottom fell out of the financial markets. 
這個節目以某些交易員、經紀人、基金經理人及製作人為焦點，記錄華爾街的生活。Sean Skelton及Scott Gill，在人們紛紛停止購買金融商品的時候，則擁有站在第一線觀察他們的機會。

“We’ve been capturing a lot of drama lately,” Mr. Skelton said Friday as he was shooting in Manhattan . “We’ve got the backlash of the credit crisis from last year, which we started capturing about halfway through the second season. So things started off bad this year. But about halfway through our season this year, things have gotten really bad with the bank failures and the bailout and the drama.”

「我們最近拍到了很多戲劇性的片段。」Skelton在星期五於曼哈頓拍攝時說道。「我們在去年就已接收到一些對於信貸危機的反對聲浪，這也是我們在第二季中途開始捕捉到的一些狀況。所以，事情在今年的一開始就很糟，但是在我們今年拍攝影集的過程中，隨著銀行倒閉、金融紓困法案及這些戲劇性的變化，事情變得更加糟糕。」

Then about a month ago, the bottom fell out for “Wall Street Warriors” itself when the high-definition cable channel that has been carrying the show, MOJO-HD, announced that it would cease operations in December. 
接著，大約在一個月之前，隨著播出「華爾街戰士」的高畫質有線頻道—MOJO HD，宣布他們會在十二月停止營運後，這個節目自己的市場也失守了。

“It kind of happened at the same time” as the markets were diving, Mr. Gill said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles . 
「它有點是發生在同時」-- 也就是在市場探底的同時，Gill在一次的洛杉磯的電話訪問中表示。

Mr. Skelton added, “I guess it’s somewhat ironic that it’s happening.” 
Skelton補充：「我想這件事發生時，真的是有些諷刺。」

But MOJO, which reached only about 10 million homes at its peak, told the team to finish production and promised to work with it to find a new home for the show. “Warriors” reached No. 1 on iTunes in July for downloads of reality television series.
但是MOJO這家在其鼎盛時期也只達到一千萬收視戶的電視台，要這個製作團隊完成這個節目，並且承諾會和這個團隊一起為此節目找到新的電視台。「華爾街戰士」於七月時在iTunes上拿下電視真人實境秀分類中下載次數的第一名。

 “We’ll be done with production in the next four to six weeks,” Mr. Skelton said. “We’ll be done editing the show probably by February or March.”
「我們會在接下來的四到六個星期中完成拍攝工作，」Skelton說，「節目的剪接編輯工作大約會在二月或三月完成。」

He said that the team is continuing to document the turmoil on Wall Street, and is committed to finding an outlet to distribute the series.
他說，拍攝團隊正繼續記錄華爾街的動盪，並且致力於找到通路商店來發行這個影集。

And with the optimism of stock brokers telling their clients to stay in the market, Mr. Skelton and Mr. Gill say they are confident that they will find a new network. “I think,” Mr. Skelton said, “we’ll be around for a fourth season.
有了股票經紀人告訴他們的客戶要繼續留在股市中的樂觀，Skelton及Gill說，他們非常有信心能找到新的播出網絡。Skelton說，「我想，我們將能持續播出到第四季。」