It has itself become a self-conscious genre inviting spoofery. |
The straight-faced spoofery won't be to everyone's taste, but Jones is fully committed. |
Is the job of police and crime commissioner for Kent really a suitable target for spoofery though? |
It vandalises a gutsy satirical classic, in this case with a mixture of misjudged condescension, smirking spoofery and culpable failure of nerve. |
That bit of spoofery is perhaps deserved because of the pageant subculture. |
The faux thriller spoofery goes silly-side-up and Steve's boisterous young assistant isn't given enough to do, but this is a small price to pay for the genius that is Brooks. |