Time Magazinewas noted as stating: "Just possibly the dirtiest American-made motion picture that has ever been legally exhibited.Previous films had only made fun of drunks and lushes (e.g.,The Thin Manseries, or W.C.Fields"" films).Its release was threatened when the alcohol industry offered to purchase the film""s negative and remove it from circulation, but then praised and supported the film following its popular release (and critical success)." Lisa has planned to have Charlotte "trapped...into an examination" without her knowing it.In each successive section of the film as Charlotte""s ransformative metamorphosis is documented, she is introduced in he same fashion.In reality, his problems are "personal matters" - as an inadequate breadwinner in his family, he expresses his rebellion and rage against his father-in-law by his ill-conceived plan to steal from him:I just need the money.