Semifunny

Her servant is secretly selling gossip about her to a scandal sheet, and this angle provides some of the semifunny situations.

For forty years or more or less, / I’ve struggled to achieve success / And fill my ever-empty purse / By writing semifunny verse, / To advertise my unknown name / And niche it in the hall of fame.

On screen is, and there the film falls curiously flat, playing as a semifunny joke that goes on too long.