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straight man

noun

  1. an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.


straight man

noun

  1. a subsidiary actor who acts as stooge to a comedian
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Origin of straight man1

First recorded in 1925–30
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“Yeah, but that doesn’t make sense in this case,†Meyers said, playing the straight man.

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I personally hate it, but for a straight man, this suit is perfect.

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Musk gushes about Trump shamelessly, telling Fox News, "I love the president" and even tweeting, "I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can love another man."

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Mir, a high-strung anxious perfectionist, was written as more of the audience stand-in, the straight man.

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In that way, Jost functions as something that might’ve been equally powerful for "SNL"’s mainstream American audiences to witness: namely, a straight man embracing queerness, enjoying its sensibilities, and approaching it without fear.

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