<cite>The Optimist</cite>, reviewed by Paulanne Simmons
When a play begins with cursing, crude sexual jokes and someone is in his (or her) underwear, I get the feeling it may not be my cup of tea. Jason Chimonides' <cite>The Optimist</cite> has all three. But it wasn't until I'd suffered through Chris Thorn's regurgitations of half-digested adolescent knowledge and worldly cynicism as the smart and smart-ass Declan, and Matt Burns's laconic non-acting as his fraternal twi…