5. (Carol has a new job, and she and George have lost touch for several months. The following is probably one of the most bizarre telephone conversations ever
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I wonder about that offer of a place in the states. What year was that 72'? 73'? If this was an actual offer from George I don't think it's terribly odd that he'd do so through Mal. Since throughout the snippets you've so kindly posted here for people to read that George was quite and even socially inept at times. I even respect the fact that she didn't jump at the 'opportunity'. I do wish they would've spoken about it.
Yeah, 1972. George's social ineptness was fascinating, given the part he had to play in the Beatles. I guess he was never really that far removed from the boy in school who sat in the back of the room and never looked up from his desk, no matter what life experiences he later went through, the world-wide fame, etc. His uncertainty and insecurity around women was quite sweet. I couldn't believe that phone call, where he's asking Carol if she remembered him. It's like he had little concept of himself as a Beatle.
You'd think the phone call would be the other way around with Carol wondering about George remembering her. This is the side of George that I always find to be incredibly interesting. He could seemingly be so unaware at the time of himself and others quite aware.
Yes, and then he could turn around and do something completely inexplicable, like the Maureen incident, I guess we'll never know just what mentally prompted him into that situation. Interestingly, though I have no doubt the encounters with Maureen (and Krissie Wood) were sexual, both Maureen and Krissie, independent of one another, described the encounters as "spiritual, not physical." And then too George must have had an incredibly naive childlike side, such as when he's giggling about having had to disrobe at the doctor's office.
I could see why Maureen would claim to never have had sex with George, thinking how it might make her look to the public, but also an attempt to protect Ringo's feelings and pride about the whole thing. I don't get why Krissie Wood would claim it to only be spiritual though. Pattie was seeing her husband and smitten with him. I think George's interest in Krissie although genuinely could be partly based on getting back at his wife.
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