Noel Coward's script gleefully satirises the pomposity of the art world, merging arty in-jokes with the kind of brittle drawing-room comedy that Coward is so renowned for. |
The film gently satirises the Establishment, in the shape of Holland's unperceptive employers at the Bank, the media, and the police. |
He satirises human life, but he does not satirise it to degrade it. |
It toys with high-spirited farce but also vigorously satirises the way marriage is viewed entirely as monetary arrangement. |
Much of his work satirises contemporary politics and customs. |