Quote:
"Given his function as an attractive spectacle whose ownership by the hero relies on the discovery of his secret, Marc ultimately functions as an artsy displacement of the traditional object of desire in mainstream films. His otherness vis-à-vis the audience is one of class rather than sex."
-- André Loiselle

Source:
Loiselle, André. "Look like a Worker and Act like a Worker: Stereotypical Representations of the Working Class in Quebec Fiction Feature Films." In Working On Screen: Representations of the Working Class in Canadian Cinema, edited by Malek Khouri and Darrell Varga. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. (p. 227)