Peter answers “Point of the title?”

Heinda Borowsky asked this question about Straight Man:

Point of the title?

Peter The straight man sets up the guy who delivers the punch line. Russo's protagonist plays the straight man to his colleagues at times, but at times he's…moreThe straight man sets up the guy who delivers the punch line. Russo's protagonist plays the straight man to his colleagues at times, but at times he's the one delivering the punch line. More than that he doesn't take himself overly seriously which is the flaw of the other members of the faculty and is the professors' disease. Do you know any who doesn't think she or he is a genius? (less)

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