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:

    “When you come to a place where you have to go left or right, go straight ahead.”
    —Sister Ruth, U.S. nun. As quoted in Dakota, ch. 30, by Kathleen Norris (1993)

    “If a man were to place himself in an attitude to bear manfully the greatest evil that can be inflicted on him, he would find suddenly that there was no such evil to bear; his brave back would go a-begging.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)