Fellow writer Mihail Sebastian described Istrati as politically "illiterate" and "addled". Ox's wits have been addled by long exposure to one of the crystal skulls. On first release, Arthur Penn's 1976 Western found itself derided as an addled, self-indulgent folly. He accepted, asking only a cure for his addled mind in exchange. Husband Menaechmus is not too addled, however, to profess his ownership of the purse. However, for its failure it has been known to posterity as the Addled Parliament. The printer automatically addled a space between each group of five characters during encryption.