Peter Bogdanovich would later observe that Welles found the film riotously funny. Gobineau landed in Rio de Janeiro during the riotously sensual Carnival, which disgusted him. At Delores' bar, the stevedores riotously discuss days gone by. The entire riotously decorated facade is flanked by massive tapering bell towers of unequal heights. Angry and powerful, that's what it is, riotously and genuinely performed. They soon gained a reputation as both a riotously exciting and volatile live act.