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:

    A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    When a man dies he kicks the dust.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)