Pee-wee Herman, the comic creation of actor/writer Paul Reubens, would often toss taunts of the schoolyard into his casual conversation. It was one of the character's go-to bits. "Why don't you take a ...
The push-and-pull between a documentary filmmaker and their subject is always present in the resulting work, oftentimes simmering underneath the surface but still noticeable like a quiet hum. But with ...
Actor Reubens, best known for playing Pee-wee Herman, died in July 2023 after a private cancer diagnosis. Here is a complete breakdown of his acting career and legal troubles Bailey Richards is a ...
Pee-wee As Himself tells the story of how a kid who grew up adoring The Little Rascals and I Love Lucy went on to revolutionize sketch comedy and children's television. In 1986, one of the most ...
Discover What’s Streaming On: It’s a common joke on what used to be Twitter anytime a countercultural icon dies, but in this case it’s the literal truth: Pee-wee Herman did teach me it’s okay to be ...
Even as Reubens wanted to impact kids with TV the way it impacted him, he lost part of himself by having his alter ego pass as a real person. Director Matt Wolf shrewdly recounts Reubens’ life and his ...
Our culture’s inability to contend with mortality places artists like Paul Reubens in a domain that was uniquely his, where he maintained the illusion that benevolent childishness defies aging. This ...