One of my favorite stories is one time in class I knew this overly flamboyant gay dude (everyone knew he was gay before he did, ironically) and were picking roles for a play. I asked him if he could play the straight man (not as a jab but because he was known for being a bit...Over the top) and the girl next to him didn't know it was a comedy archetype and so said that he could because all the people at the Olive Garden he worked at thought he was straight.