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Date: 11/15/95 6:58 PM
      
To: Frontline
      

My wife and I are steady supporters of PBS, NOVA, and Frontline and 
appreciate the quality of most programs.
      

While the subject matter of Natasha and the Wolf was interesting 
enough, we were very disappointed with the program last night for 
several reasons.
      

First, if there had not been tediously repeated scenes of snow blowing 
across roadways and dozens of guards with howling dogs escorting the 
wolf through corridor after corridor, the program could have been 
easily shown in Frontline's normal 1-hour time slot.
      
 
Second, the Russian conversations should have been much softer than the 
English translation voice-over.  As it was, it was extremely difficult to 
understand the English translation.
       

There were other irritating repetitions all through the show which a 
critical reviewer of the program could have edited out.
      

We do not think this show was up to your usual high standards.
      

Thank you,
      

 H. & E. S.
      
 Scottsdale, AZ
      

      

Date: 11/16/95 1:26 AM
      
To: Frontline
      
From: J. H. 
      
I have always been a fan of Frontline!  My wife and I watched the 
subject show and were deeply moved at the tragic lives of both 
Natasha and the wolf.  Viewers gleam different lessons from the show, 
but the pressing need for our society to reach out to neglected 
children and embrace them into our society stood out to both of us.  
Too many of America's young are having to skip their childhood 
because of neglect.  Not all of the neglected youth live in the 
"ghetto" but can easily be found in new suburbs, attending top rated 
schools.  I would hate to believe we are on the verge of raising a 
generations of "Wolves"!  Thank you for your show.
        

      

      

Date: 11/15/95 11:49 AM
      
To: Frontline
      
From: BBruins
      
Thank you for the interesting broadcast.
      

What I found fascinating in the story is that the male Procurator 
(prosecutor) in the story sounds very much like Porfirii Petrovich
from Dostoevskii's novel, "Crime and Punishment".  It is eerie!!!
What American prosecutor would be so interested, so concerned
in the character of the criminal?
      

Again, thank you for the program.
      

      

Date: 11/15/95 1:04 PM
      
To: Frontline
      
From: C. W. H.
       
I saw Natasha and the Wolf last night....that woman was sure taken by 
that man, I don't see why she didn't realize that a man in that position 
would have done anything to get out of it....i couldn't care about his 
'sad eyes' when i recalled what a criminal he was, and what he would do 
instinctively if cornered, pledge or no pledge to hurt no one...what a 
little idiot...she sacrificed her position in society for a man that was  
put in a position that he almost was forced to use her....what an idiot!
It seems to me an absurdity she would not realize...he even stated that 
he could live with a person for years he didn't like....and she was 
smiling over him, even knowing what he had done.....what a wimp!  I hope 
they don't place any more wimpy women like this in important positions in 
the former Soviet Union!  No wonder we have problems with them. 
 

        



To: frontline@PBS.ORG
      
From: B.K.
      

Although Natasha & The Wolf was well acted and and an interesting story, it had 
its faults. First, it was not clear at the beginning that this was NOT a 
documentary, which is Frontline's usual fare. Nor was it ever clear whether it 
was based on a true story, like the movie Hard Choices based on a similar 
incident in Tennessee. Secondly, it needed editing, especially the endless 
tramping through the prison, the repetitious shots of a barren landscape covered  
in snow and the mysterious (irrelevant?) shots of a crowd of people walking by 
in their Sunday best going God knows where. The usual hour would have been 
enough. 

                     

    

    



    

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