It's Bloody Brigadoon!
So the missus and I are flipping channels, enjoying the late evening Saturday television options (East Enders on WLIW is a particular joy).Channel 13 breaks out the classic films on Saturday nights, and tonight they hit us with Brigadoon. Oh, Brigadoon. Where have you been my entire marriage?
The missus has the look of incredulity plastered on her face and finds the "Scottish" accents to be incomprehensible. Every Scottish stereotype comes out in the first ten minutes (except for the heavy drinking and haggis eating), and watching such a film with the missus is utter bliss. She's even complaining about the quality of the music.
Yes, dear, sweet Brigadoon. You are a triple threat of Scottish offensiveness -- bad accents, bad stereotypes, and bad music. And there's nothing I love more than watching the missus get all fired over attacks on her Scottish roots. Especially when I'm not the one getting her fired up.
Man, it's brilliant. They're not even trying to do proper Scottish accents. The Hollywood studio system really cut the corners on the dialect coaches.
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