| But it failed to key me up, just as the subject matter, perhaps deliberately, left me never quite sure whether this was an earnest morality tale or a spoof and a send-up. |
| It's a kind of Carry On Shakespeare, a loving send-up without mockery. |
| This is in no way a send-up of ignorance and incompetence, but rather a critique of a world that can't seem to recognize it. |
| Indeed, Fellowes was such a fan that he imagined one day doing his own send-up of the show. |
| A send-up should be smarter than the films it pokes fun at, but that isn't the case here. |
| The set of frying pans are a hilarious send-up of the whole idea. |
