Matt Wolf's two-part HBO documentary on the life and career of Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman, explores his identity and need for control.

‘Pee-wee as Himself’ gives Paul Reubens the final word on his identity. May 23, 2025. Jules Feiffer, cartoonist who lampooned conformity, hypocrisy and the upper class, dies at 95.

The post Paul Reubens Fights to Control His Story in Pee-wee as Himself: Review appeared first on Consequence. When the new HBO documentary Pee-wee as Himself premiered at Sundance earlier this ...

The subject was Paul Reubens, ... Wolf, too, is gay, but came out at 14 and values his sexuality as a key feature of his identity, a position Reubens didn’t share.

Natasha Lyonne says Paul Reubens told her he knew her stay in rehab was "inevitable" because he had met her mother.

SUMMERS: The man behind that character, Paul Reubens, ... And he's doing all these things as Pee-wee Herman, not as Paul Reubens. He's sort of consumed by the identity of Pee-wee.

Pee-wee Herman, the manic, bow-tied man-child, was the greatest creation of Paul Reubens, who died in 2023. ... identity and control. What does it mean to become famous as someone else?

Paul Reubens Tells His Story in ‘Pee-Wee as Himself.’ Here's How It Came Together After His Death Paul Reubens did not tell his director that he was dying. On July 31, 2023, the news of ...

Matt Wolf's two-part HBO documentary on the life and career of Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman, explores his identity and need for control.

Matt Wolf's two-part HBO documentary on the life and career of Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman, explores his identity and need for control.

Paul Reubens appears in “Pee-wee as Himself,” the two-part documentary directed by Matt Wolf. ... Identity is at the heart of this story — the unresolvable relationship between the real ...