A Northern Soul

Isn't the difference between Liam and the twins striking?

What do I mean by this?

Liam, a simple Northern lad. No complications. He just is.

The twins. Duplicitous, playing at simplicity. They are not.

Do we not have a very clear illustration of Lacan's "Woman doesn't exist"?

Which is to say, Liam, as a man, is allowed to be himself and nothing more. Of course he has slotted straight into the stereotypical role of the simple Northerner, the predestined role I should say, but it is allowed that he corresponds to this - he is himself. The twins however do not exist. The only way their being can be comprehended is for their fellow housemates to fit them into some role. This, of course, fits perfectly with Lacan's notion - there is no Woman, only a mother, a whore, etc. The twins refusal to fit into this confuses.

Jonathan's reaction to them illustrates this perfectly. He attempts to fit them into his own symbolic universe by equating their being to money. They are "marketable" and they "know it". The twins, in a moment of genius, give him his meaning back by, in the game of truth or dare, asking him what his bank balance is. His interest in them shown for what it is: an interest in money.

And the twins remain an enigma.