The caption with the photo from
The Graduate in
TICB (p. 147)points out the awkwardness that may lead to indirectness--Benjamin calls the woman he's having sex with (who is also the mother of the woman he loves) "Mrs. Robinson". Notice that in
Desperate Housewives the teenage gardner, John, does the same thing and calls the woman who employs him but with whom he's also having sex, not Gabrielle, but "Mrs. Solis." Though no photo appears in
Messages, the example works with the discussion of directness.
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