The only connection that this film has with actual events is that a character named Diane Linkletter takes her own life at the conclusion, and she does this while under the influence of drugs. The film was made either the day of Diane's suicide or the day after, depending on whose account is accurate, but the short film is entirely improvised by the cast. John Waters has said that the only reason he made the film is that he wanted to test a new camera he had bought, so there was no actual script or much planning. The real Diane Linkletter's death was not under these circumstances. Although Art Linkletter blamed drugs for her death and used it as a way to speak out against recreational drug use, according to coroner's reports, Diane had no drugs in her system when she took her life.
