“Pee-wee as Himself” Review

Soon after the death of , I recalled him making a cameo in the comedy Quiz Lady. He appears before an elderly woman who mistakes him for Alan Cumming. Informed about this woman’s desire to meet Cumming, Reubens fakes a Scottish accent. As the documentary Pee-wee as Himself reveals, melting into different people seemed to be what Reubens prefers most.

Even when director Matt Wolf gets Paul to sit down with him for an interview, there’s a veil as thick as his Pee-wee persona that co...