Jackman and Beatty in Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes. Photo: Emilio Madrid The focus in a piece of writing about a professor-student relationship may tend to fall on the allure of the younger party, but there’s something to the fact of the fantasy image of the professor, too. He’s rumpled yet intelligent — possibly out of step with the times, but still insightful. Well-meaning, in the case of a script like Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes , but unwilling to resist his urges.