Two things of note: In an earlier video interview with all of the Beatles during the immediate wake of the "bigger than Jesus" incident, John was asked about his political ideals. As he started to respond, both Paul and Ringo tried to nervously interject a small joke at the same time, then both took on a feeling of unease as John answered the question. It seemed that even early on there was a tension surrounding John's mouthiness about these things.
Secondly, I rarely find any humor relating to weed or being stoned to be the least bit funny. It's nothing pious, I'm not "above" it, wanting to laugh but reluctantly restrained by the Spirit. It just ain't funny. All that to say, I found a weed-related scene of this movie exspecially hilarious. John Sinclair, who was imprisoned for selling joints to an undercover cop, garnered a huge "Free John Sinclair" concert, championed by all those filthy and lit. John and Yoko made an appearance as well. In Sinclair's interview, he appeared to have changed little in spirit since the 70s, and mentioned that one of the first things they did when he got out was to "proselytize for the legalization of weed....while smoking enormous amounts of it at the same time....which I suppose wasn't the best combination....you should really just do one or the other if you want to really succeed in either..."
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