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1. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk › entry › will-and-graceWill & Grace: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The Hit Sitcom ...

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   Jul 27, 2021 · In fact, when the show was first pitched, the idea was that it would revolve around three sets of couples, one of whom was a gay man and a straight woman who lived together.

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2. www.washingtonpost.com › archive › lifestyleGEORGE BURNS, FOR THE LOVE OF GRACIE - The Washington Post

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   Nov 29, 1988 · case, the rotting brown plug of tobacco in George Burns' mouth is the. most widely recognizable prop for the greatest straight man who ever. lived. When people talk about the 92-year-old...

3. slate.com › human-interest › 2015Grace Jones memoir reveals thoughts on gender expression and ...

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   Oct 8, 2015 · He loved men, because of a fantasy father image he built while his father was away—also, straight men love him. And he was often attracted only to straight men.

4. travsd.wordpress.com › 2012/03/15 › gracie-allenGracie Allen: Truth in Comedy – (Travalanche)

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   Mar 15, 2012 · Once in a Vaudeville act, after George refused to take a joke out of the act she didn’t think was funny, Gracie refused to answer George’s straight line – each and every time until George took the joke out of the act.

5. thewritelife61.com › 2018/08/06 › we-all-love-gracieWe All Love Gracie: The Burns and Allen Show | thewritelife61

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   Aug 6, 2018 · When George and Gracie started in show business, Gracie was the “straight man,” but George figured out quickly that the audience responded to her immediately. They switched roles and they never veered from the formula again.

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   Initially, George Burns had his wife Gracie Allen in the Straight Man role in their comedy act... until he realized most of the laughter was at her set-up lines and not the actual jokes. He switched roles with her and spent the next several decades as one of the classic straight men.

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   Are will & Grace based on a true story?

   • 1. First of all, Will and Grace were never actually supposed to be the central characters of the show And before you ask, no, neither were Jack and Karen. In fact, when the show was first pitched, the idea was that it would revolve around three sets of couples, one of whom was a gay man and a straight woman who lived together.

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   Who is a straight man in a comedy duo?

   • Other straight men in comedy duos have included George Burns (with Gracie Allen), Dean Martin (with Jerry Lewis), and Dan Rowan (with Dick Martin of Laugh-In). In less-comedic works, the Straight Man is a Foil for the Bunny-Ears Lawyer, Magnificent Bastard, Large Ham or Loveable Rogue.

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   How does Grace feel about Bobbi & Andy?

   • When Bobbi sets Will up with a guy named Andy, Grace thinks this will finally convince her what a poor matchmaker she is. However, this is subverted when Will and Andy hit it off and Grace starts fearing that her mother is giving up on her ever finding a match. Minor Flaw, Major Breakup: The show has this every so often.

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   What did Gracie Allen say on stage?

   • On stage, Gracie Allen's character said things that Gracie Allen the woman believed, and the audience also believed them. Gracie Allen's onstage persona was that of a scatterbrained woman with her own sense of logic – her mind was an open book.

   Gracie Allen: Truth in Comedy – (Travalanche)

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   What does Grace Jones say about gay culture?

   • In this passage from her recently published memoir, Jones recalls her first encounter with gay culture via her brother Chris, and she offers her own view of how our categories of sexuality and gender can be as hindering as they are helpful. Excerpted from I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, by Grace Jones, out now from Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster.

   The Grace Jones Theory of Gender and Sexuality - Slate Magazine

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   What was Gracie Allen's onstage persona like?

   • Gracie Allen's onstage persona was that of a scatterbrained woman with her own sense of logic - her mind was an open book. In real life, she was a very private and humble woman, almost never giving interviews as herself.

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8. tvtropes.org › pmwiki › pmwikiWill & Grace (Series) - TV Tropes

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   A domestic Sitcom airing on NBC from 1998–2006 and from 2017–2020, about a gay man, Will Truman (Eric McCormack), and a straight woman, Grace Adler (Debra Messing), who are best friends and eventually roommates. The show chronicles the changes that their relationship undergoes as Grace dumps her fiancé and Will breaks up with Michael, his ...