Straight Man and Wise Guy: Difference between revisions

Oftentimes, this will involve one bringing up a topic of discussion, only to have the other interrupt, correct, or otherwise play foil to him. Traditionally the Straight Man brings up a serious topic and the Wise Guy riffs on it, but sometimes the Wise Guy brings up a loony topic, the Straight Man objects to its lunacy, and the Wise Guy riffs on ''that''. The point is for the Straight Man to "set up" a situation which the Wise Guy can joke about.

 

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* [[Abbott and Costello]], the classic American comedic duo played off of this almost exclusively.