Straight Man

Straight man may refer to:

  • Straight Man, a 1997 novel by Richard Russo
  • Straight man (stock character), a member of a double act who plays a stooge, feed, or comic foil (an actor not meant to be funny who is surprised by, or is the object of, a joke by the comic) in theatrical comedy
  • A heterosexual male

Famous quotes containing the words straight and/or man:

    “Your stature is modelled
    with straight tool-edge:
    you are chiselled like rocks
    that are eaten into by the sea.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “When a rich man’s dog died, everyone commiserated. When a poor man lost his mother, no one noticed.”
    —Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.