 The BBC review stated fans hoping for " a fresh suite of crisp new Sparks songs " might be disappointed because " there are no tunes without the tale attached " , but added that " luckily , the tale is a good one " : the story of Hollywood corruption " is told masterfully , and builds to a dramatic conclusion that both condemns Hollywood and satirises its conventions with rapier @-@ sharp wit . " Dave Simpson in The Guardian said the piece , " best experienced as a whole " , was " not an idle fantasy , and emerges as a fascinating and powerful discourse on the struggle between art and commerce , and the destructive power of celebrity " , calling the musical " a bold , major work – as compelling and original as anything in their sporadically brilliant career . " 
