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While they were waiting for the taxis,
John wrote, "Maharishi, Maharishi, what have you done?
You've made a fool of everyone." The song had a lot of expletives in it and George said,
"You can't say that, that's ridiculous." So John changed the lyrics to "Sexy Sadie." Sexy Sadie, it was actually called Maharishi, and it was a putdown of the Maharishi
in very vicious terms
John wrote, "Maharishi, Maharishi, what have you done?
You've made a fool of everyone." The song had a lot of expletives in it and George said,
"You can't say that, that's ridiculous." So John changed the lyrics to "Sexy Sadie." Sexy Sadie, it was actually called Maharishi, and it was a putdown of the Maharishi
in very vicious terms
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While they were waiting for the taxis,
John wrote,
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"Maharishi, Maharishi, what have you done?
You've made a fool of everyone."
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The song had a lot of expletives in it
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and George said,
"You can't say that, that's ridiculous."
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So John changed the lyrics to "Sexy Sadie."
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Sexy Sadie, it was actually called Maharishi,
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and it was a putdown of the Maharishi
in very vicious terms.
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Movie Summary
Documentary exploring how John, Paul, George and Ringo fell in love with Indian culture while visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Himalayan ashram in 1968.