European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lac Len thahant billboard to the Root Rotthe 1988 that hot since travelled la other clue the German craving for prime time soaps by Joan Fischer associated Pressw est germans. It seems can t get enough of their own prime Lime soap operas. West German produced shows dealing with everything from extramarital affairs to homosexuality to drug abuse Eire drawing minions of West germans to choir to sets each week. The hit series  Black Korosl Hospital deals Wilh the professional and Privato dilemmas of doctors nurses and patients at a Hospital in West Germany s Scenic Black Forest. Tha series Linen Strasser Linen Street Slicks close to real life in its presentation of lha Joya and problems of a group of neighbors in Munich. And in response to seemingly insatiable Public demand a Wesl German series called Wak tutus mouse in the Fores about a Backwoods restaurant and the family running a premiered Asl month. Svege Magazine has already panned Waldhaus. Saying ifs possible he show s audience will soon be staggering around mindlessly with a horrible  tie Waal German soaps Are usually aired once a week mostly in the evening. However some Ere broadcast in the popular afternoon Slot. Viewers seem to like the shows combination of sentimental drama and moral Ali Malion. In spite of the characters problems Good and evil Are clearly denied and the Good Guys win in the end. The two year old series Schwarzwald minik was rated no. Z. Wilh tb.3 million viewers in a recent to ratings Lisl in slam Magazine thai represents about Hall of the to viewing Public. Although . Imports such As Dallas and dynasty Sema front the a Man Toap  remain popular a to elation spokesman atari Fulcd the meal West German produced soap operas to increasing Public demand. We be noticed that the Public Here prefers West German produced shows id imported ones. Toy simply identify More with Sll Gallons and characters to their own country said Sie Gloriod Braun of the Adf television station. A currant Story line in Jude Strasse deals with the difficulties faced by a greek family living in Wesl Germany a relevant aspect of life in a country will i a Large influx of foreigners. The series now in its third  has also tackled topics such As mercy killing violence in the family  and alcoholism. Some 13 5 million a Lweis in this country of 61.5 million resident1 regularly Lune in to men Trassa. Despite the soaps mass popularity some West germans say the series a a Shadow and filled Wilh Csehi sometimes the series remind one Al a Cookbook void fake one Hospital one boat and avoid any attempt Al High standards said Juesgen from. Director of Man Burg i renowned Thalia theater in a recent speech at a to critics conference in Mainz. Critics a the conference also said that comp Lilion nil commercial Cable to Stalions Over the last few Yea has led the country s established Puttie to Stalions to loner the Quality of to their shows. In addition to the soap operas drama Fie Ana alien sentimental Malta for to movies shown in instalments Are becoming More popular. Some of the More serious ones have dealt Wilh Germany s history during the no. Period. The 1986 to movie Vater us Sohne fathers arid sons critically examined the  a  German industrialist family to the nazis during their rite 0 Power and dictatorship irom 1933 to 1945. A1987 to movie  phial Reich s capital private Deall with the lives of apolitical Young germans under nazi Rule in Berlin iry waiting for Jane Fonda the Brouhaha started after plans were announced by Wpm l a to Choc much of the movie Union Street in Waterbury nent Spring. Russo s Teller to the Waterbury Republican condemned Fonda for Hof Visil to Hanoi in 1972 and strongly suggested thai she make lha film elsewhere. Then the other Waterbury daily. The american. Published an article about Russo Selling Hanoi Jane bumper slickers. A Day later the associated Piess followed up with an article about Iho Campaign. And lha touched off a manage of tellers and Telephone Calls from around the nation. I just can t believe How Many people do not like the woman said Thomas f. Fitzgerald 46. A spokesman or a Waterbury veterans of foreign wars Post and a Leader of the bumper Slicker safes. Well be glad o have the movie Heie just not  same there however say the outcry Over Fonda s visit is nol indicative of How most people in Waterbury City Teel. They say opinions about the actress and political activist Are nol different in Waterbury Ham what they Are in other cities where Fonda provokes a Range of Strong reactions. During her 1972 visit to North Vietnam Fonda an Luary 19bb Antiwar activist made broadcasts Over Hanoi radio criticizing american involvement in the War. There is a lot of mixed emotion said David Ricci the manager of the across prom the horse restaurant. There Are people who Don t like her but there Are a lot of people who d like to see the film come to town. The younger people the Post Vietnam people Are Lor the  others believe the reaction to Fonda s visit next Spring is a minor event thai has been blown out of proportion. I think it s amazing How this Story has Ted on  said Anthony p. Bergm chairman of the Waterbury convention and visitors commission. One letter to the editor and now All this Sherman 0. London editor of the editorial Page of the Watert mry Republican and the american said his newspapers Hava now received 96 letters against Fonda and 20 in favor More letters than i has Ever received on any other Issue. He added though thai Only 35 to 40 of those tellers Are irom residents of the area. As Tor the bumper slickers More than 3,000 have been sold or $1 apiece Russo and Fitzgerald said. Only about a third of them however Hava been sold locally. We be been Selling a lot at Tow vows Fitzgerald said. Well probably wind up Selling 7.000." the film depicts the life and struggles of a working class woman in a Small town Waterbury was chosen because it s right Tor the eel and look of the my Sard Dawn Mech flirt. Vice president of Pum oly for Mem a in Culver cily Calif. A spokesman for Fonda. Stephen m Rivers said he believed thai most of the criticism had come irom a  minority responding to the associated press article he commissioned a Telephone poll of 403 Waterbury residents thai snowed Hal 54 percent of the respondents liked Fonda and 37 percent did not the Poil. Conducted by Fairbank. Bregman & Bulin a marketing and research concern in los Angeles also showed thai 73 percent were in favor of pc Fiat a coming to town Lor Iho movie and 13 percent were not. The rnai Gin of error was six percentage Points. Rave re Wai particularly critical of the associated press article Lor relating that Many Waterbury residents were outraged by Fonda s visit. He said the actual number of residents upset 01 involved in protesting the movie was minuscule. Charles j. Hanley. An assistant managing editor of associated press in new York defended the Chrusl of the article but said there could have been More Ca Elul  a also said idol the word Many was changed to a number in subsequent articles the stairs and stripes Page 15