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ˈstraight man N THEAT

straight man

ernster Gegenpart eines Komikers, der diesem die Stichwörter gibt

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And there is something inherently funny in that, especially if he's the straight man. en.wikipedia.org

There he appeared as singer and a straight man in a series of vaudeville shows. en.wikipedia.org

To the end of his life he would always reject interviewers' suggestions that he was the straight man, preferring to call himself the song-and-dance man. en.wikipedia.org

Since then, he has played straight man to the antics of his eccentric wife. en.wikipedia.org

Being straight man to one of the greatest entertainers of our time was not all that easy. en.wikipedia.org

The term feed comes from the way a straight man is wont to set up jokes and feed them to his partner. en.wikipedia.org

Wise was commonly regarded as the straight man of the partnership, although his role gradually and subtly changed over the years. en.wikipedia.org

A straight man is the unfunny half of a comedy duo who sets up the jokes for the comic to deliver the punch lines. en.wikipedia.org

He is a bit of a straight man to the group despite having a quirk of vocally narrating the moment to calm himself down. en.wikipedia.org

While the character defending the original play, a mouthpiece for the writer, is a straight man with serious and thoughtful replies. en.wikipedia.org

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