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Late Paul 'Pee-wee' Reubens Defends Himself

‘Pee-wee Herman’ actor Paul Reubens hid terminal cancer from documentary director until his death

Paul Reubens, who starred in the film "Pee-wee’s Big Adventure" and on the TV series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse," died in 2023 after a six-year struggle with cancer that he kept private. He was 70.

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"Pee-wee as Himself" director says working with Paul Reubens was "contentious" and "thrilling"

Director Matt Wolf shrewdly recounts Reubens’ life and his career as both Pee-wee and the "character" of himself in this revealing two-part documentary, in which Reubens talks a

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'Pee-Wee as Himself' gives Paul Reubens a chance to talk — it's fascinating

"Pee-Wee as Himself," Matt Wolf's documentary about Paul Reubens and his famous alter ego, Pee-Wee Herman, deconstructs the genre. It's fascinating.

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Everyone knew Pee-wee Herman. But few knew the man behind the man-child

Pee-wee as Himself,' a two-part documentary directed by Matt Wolf premiering Friday on HBO, supplies a vivid portrait of Paul ...

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‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Gives Unprecedented Access to an Eccentric Comedy Legend

jousting with director Matt Wolf over the question of whether Reubens should direct it all himself. “Many people — alright, everyone but me — feel that you don’t, as the subject of a documentary … ...

Review: ‘Pee-wee as Himself’ Finds the Man Behind the Man-Child

This fascinating though incomplete documentary tells Paul Reubens’s story despite the subject’s doubts about the project.

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All your Pee-wee Herman questions answered, sort of, in fascinating film

His friends and colleagues told him it would lack perspective ... Adventure,” Tim Burton’s first feature as a director, was a big hit, yet Reubens thought he didn’t get enough credit ...

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