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In the amusing bit of 1930s period retro-screwball comedy fluff that is the 1998 film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120823/combined The Imposters]'', character actor Steve Buscemi plays this suicidally depressed cruise ship singer. A guy named Happy who's sad! This is irony so cheap, the filmmakers should pay us! His agent, who he loved like a brother, stole his wife, who he loved like a mother and a hooker. Although his character starts off breaking down mid-song, he (and everyone else) ends up happy and paired off by the finale, in the grand tradition of screwball comedies.
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In the amusing bit of 1930s period retro-screwball comedy fluff that is the 1998 film ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120823/combined The Imposters]'', character actor Steve Buscemi plays this suicidally depressed cruise ship singer. A guy named Happy who's sad! This is irony so cheap, the filmmakers should pay us! His agent, who he loved like a brother, stole his wife, who he loved like a mother and a hooker. Although his character starts off breaking down mid-song, he (and everyone else) ends up happy and paired off by the finale, in the grand tradition of screwball comedies.
  
 
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[[Category:1998|Franks, Happy]]
 
[[Category:Films|Franks, Happy]]
 
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[[Category:Lounge acts|Franks, Happy]]
 
[[Category:Lounge acts|Franks, Happy]]

Latest revision as of 06:52, 15 May 2025

In the amusing bit of 1930s period retro-screwball comedy fluff that is the 1998 film The Imposters, character actor Steve Buscemi plays this suicidally depressed cruise ship singer. A guy named Happy who's sad! This is irony so cheap, the filmmakers should pay us! His agent, who he loved like a brother, stole his wife, who he loved like a mother and a hooker. Although his character starts off breaking down mid-song, he (and everyone else) ends up happy and paired off by the finale, in the grand tradition of screwball comedies.