Michener and 'Les Enfants du Paradis'

Sorry not to take the time to look up the passage, but I remember an interesting side bit in James Michener's ode to the hippy years, "The Drifters." His middle-aged narrator character who befriends a loose-knit group of young "searchers," mentions "Les Enfants du Paradis," saying that a friend of his believes one could categorize a man by which of the male characters in the film he liked best. The narrator agrees. He notes that he once knew a man who identified most with the Count--a man he didn't like much at all.

In my viewings, I always assumed Baptiste was the obvious hero. But I had a friend who was partial to Frederick and another who was partial to Lacenaire.