parody

They had an ample three weeks to tackle their very first episode, a “Game of Thrones” parody titled “The Serfsons,” which featured some theremin solos.

The mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap” parodied pompous rock musicians to great effect.

Stan’s swift rise in fortune and swifter descent into alcoholism and madness feels like a feverish parody of the get-rich-quick story.

The second episode drew criticism for its parody of Charlie Kirk, the slain political influencer, despite the episode airing weeks before his death.

But while the bloody rites of the original Euripides are at the heart of the tale, this version is so relentlessly digressive and irreverent that it plays more like parody than tragedy.