0 In a comedy act between two people, the straight man is the more serious of the two who is often made to look stupid by his or her partner. --
He is a bit of a straight man to the group despite having a quirk of vocally narrating the moment to calm himself down.
And there is something inherently funny in that, especially if he's the straight man.
She is generally the straight man in the face of all the absurdities going on around her.
Since then, he has played straight man to the antics of his eccentric wife.
She often plays the straight man role in the series.
Shnitzel is the straight man to the other more excitable characters and is frequently agitated.
Being straight man to one of the greatest entertainers of our time was not all that easy.
Yabe is considered the straight man in the duo.
