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Good Dashes Joe–A Student Athlete Actor Writing Coach–Does

Front why is this a good use of dashes?

Joe–a student who is also an athlete, actor, and writing coach–does not have enough time to join the committee.
Back dashes to set off appositives that contain commas; in other words, if you are renaming a nearby noun with something that contains commas

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