The first time I watched It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia at the urging of a friend, I didn't like it. I probably wouldn't have watched it again, but I found myself home with the flu and nothing else to stream, so I gave it another go. I was glad I did: After a few more episodes I could get past my unease at the moronic, frequently despicable behavior of the characters, and I began to see what was smart and funny about the show.
I kept hoping for a similar moment with Francesca, Isabella, Margarita on a Cloud, a play by Carol Triffle running this month at Imago Theatre.
Like Sunny, Cloud is an unhinged, farcical comedy populated with clownish antiheroes. It concerns three adult sisters who grew up on the beauty pageant circuit. Raised in shallow and sleazy circumstances, they are profoundly dysfunctional.