 The Los Angeles Times review in 2004 stated that : " The show found a New York audience willing to move from the tongue @-@ in @-@ cheek children 's pageant concept to something that became startlingly adult . " In a 2004 review in The Guardian , the article cited notable quotes from other reviews , including The New York Times , The Village Voice , and The New York Observer . The review stated that audiences " have a chance to witness a wide @-@ eyed , straight @-@ faced , scrappy and touching telling of the story of L Ron set to a cheesy electro @-@ pop score . See the great man , clad in a white <unk> [ sic ] Spree @-@ style gown , wander from inquisitive soul to wounded war veteran to writer of pulp science fiction to leader of world religion . Sort of . " 
