"Mr. Ludlam bends Euripides to his own idiosyncratic comic whims without ever really departing from the outlines of the original. The Ridiculous ''Medea'' is a succinct deconstruction, not a broad parody, and its laughter derives less from mocking Greek tragedy than from ruthlessly and insightfully exposing its conventions. One is reminded all over again of how much Mr. Ludlam's topsy-turvy modern theater was rooted in the centuries of theater that came before." –The New York Times