Dancing beats painting, every time

I am half watching Brigadoon at the moment, instead of painting my kitchen which is what I am supposed to be doing.

The thing I am enjoying the most, apart from the comically fake painted-on-backdrops Scottish scenery in the background, is the dancing.  It's Gene Kelly, so you wouldn't expect anything less, but my goodness he is incredible to watch. But you know this already, I am guessing.

Gene is playing Tommy, who has just been out gathering heather and falling in love with Fiona.  The dance sequence in that scene, which consisted mainly of her swooning about and falling into his arms at exactly the moment he is there to catch her, and occasionally of her picking up some conveniently located purple stuff which looks not very much like heather, was just a delight to watch.  (The actress playing Fiona is a fantastic dancer too, by the way; swooning doesn't sound nearly impressive on paper as it looks on screen.)

The comically fake Scottish accents adopted by almost the entire cast are also fun.  Probably no worse than I would sound if I attempted a Scottish accent (which I hardly ever do, except under very specific circumstances which involve describing what is was like to go out, briefly, with a slightly mad Glaswegian), but then again I'm not someone who gets paid to do accents.

In other news, my kitchen looks AMAZING.