"Joy" is neither a piece of indie-cinema miserableness about addiction or the like, on the one hand, nor a studio romantic comedy on the other.

“There’s a miserableness quotient,” said Dr. Paul Offit, a pediatrician and outspoken immunization proponent.

The comedy of miserableness, awkwardness and meandering conversation is pretty familiar, but there are lines that pop in each episode of “Single Long.”