However, Williams’ films have also been the subject of criticism. Richard Corliss, writing in "Time" magazine, stated: "Aesthetically, much of Williams' work vacillates between inert and abysmal. The rural comedy of "Juke Joint" is logy, as if the heat had gotten to the movie; even the musical scenes, featuring North Texas jazzman Red Calhoun, move at the turtle tempo of Hollywood's favorite black of the period, Stepin Fetchit. And there were technical gaffes galore: in a late-night scene in "Dirty Gertie," actress Francine Everett clicks on a bedside lamp and the screen actually darkens for a moment before full lights finally come up. Yet at least one Williams film, his debut "Blood of Jesus" (1941), has a naive grandeur to match its subject." It should also be realized that Williams often worked on a very meager budget. "The Blood of Jesus" was filmed for a cost of $5,000; most black films of that era had budgets of double and triple that amount.