re: Beatles Get Back trailer. Airs on Disney+ November 25 in 3 parts

After finishing the series...

(Keeping in mind that this is still Jackson's edited vision of what happened, and he did not want a depressing presentation.)

John - not the dour zombie thrall being puppeteered by Yoko that I'd envisioned. His love and respect for Paul seemed pretty obvious.

Paul - about what I expected. The most creative, savvy, driven of the bunch. I suspect that he "allowed" John to be the leader all of those years to provide a buffer so that he could retreat to being the creative force when needed.

George - heartbreaking to see an amazing musician at his peak, struggling to get his art out while maintaining second-string status in the greatest musical group of all time. Dick Cavett once asked George if John and Paul held him back. George answered, "Subtly." I don't see how anyone can listen to the All Things Must Pass album (that George threw himself into after the breakup) and think that he was just a decent guitarist who was along for the ride.

Ringo - literally the heartbeat of the band. You see him sitting there providing the beat through every nonsensical jam as Lennon and McCartney kill time and get their creative juices going. Never a sense of frustration as he just segues from serious practice to silly parodies, following along and providing the backbone for everything that the leaders do. The fact that Ringo, the most popular and famous of the early Beatles kept his shite together for that decade is amazing.

Yoko - after seeing this I'm wondering if she wasn't the lightning rod that kept the fans from blaming George or any of the other Beatles for the breakup. I still think she was a whacko and a bad influence, but it appeared that her intrusion at this point was minimal.