digressive

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.

The dialogue is naturally digressive, sliding in just as much exposition as needed with a magician’s sleight of hand.

Reporting on this impact is far more helpful than digressive debates over the exact meaning of the word "fascist."

It’s more digressive than a sitcom, more serial than a sketch comedy.

It’s only the surface of a far weirder, digressive production whose obsession is not with the real world but what is underneath.