The late Estrella de Pee-Wee Herman Paul Reubens came out as gay in her posthumous Pee-Wee documentary as himself, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday night.
Reubens, who died from cancer in July 2023 at the age of 70, offered a sincere view of his experience as a man locked in Hollywood.
“I was reserved about my sexuality even to my friends (outside of) hate or self-conservation,” he shared more than 40 hours of interview, according to the New York Post. ‘I was in conflict with sexuality. But fame was much more complicated.
Reubens debuted to his character Pee-Wee Herman in 1981 in the famous The Groundlings Improvisation Theater, and when the character gained fame, he intentionally maintained his personal life outside the center of attention.
Reflecting on that time, he said: ‘I was out of the closet, and then returned to the closet. I was not following Paul Reubens’ career; I was following Pee-Wee Herman’s career.
Reubens admitted that he had “many, many secret relationships”, but reiterated that his professional life always had priority over his love life.
The late Estrella de Pee-Wee Herman Paul Reubens came out as gay in her posthumous documentary Pee-Wee as himself, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday night; (In the 2016 photo)

Reubens, who died from cancer in July 2023 at the age of 70, offered a sincere view of his experience as a man locked in Hollywood; (In the 1980 photo)
He also reflected on the devastation of being qualified as a “pedophile” after his arrests in the 90s and 2000s, a label that says he destroyed his life after finding love in the hearts of millions such as the capricious Herman Pee -Wee.
“At the moment I heard someone tagged as, I’m just going to say it, a pedophile, I knew I was going to change everything that advanced and backwards,” he confesses.
The words, delivered posthumously in the film, now have an additional shock.
For Reubens, the accusation was more than a blow to his career; It was a definitive scar that remodeled his identity in the public eye.
“More than anything, the reason why I wanted to make a documentary was to let people see who I am really and how painful and difficult it was to be labeled as it was not,” he says.
The final words of Reubens reflect their painful desire for understanding and redemption.
‘I wanted to speak and understand something what it is to be labeled as paria says.
“I wanted people to understand that occasionally, where there is smoke, there is not always fire.”

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In his recorded statement, Reubens reflects on the devastation of being qualified as a “pedophile” after his arrests in the 90s and 2000s, a label that says he destroyed his life. Paul Reubens set up a bicycle on a scene from the movie ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure’ in 1985
The message was recorded without any indication of the producers and saw him record it while he was alone.
His words serve as much as a defense as a supplication, and a desperate attempt to rewrite the narration of his life after his voice had already been silenced.
The documentary, directed by Matt Wolf, offers an unwavering look at the meteoric rise of relubens to fame, his overwhelming fall of grace and his desperate desperate yearning that the world sees him as it really was.
Two -part docuseries are immersed in the life of Reubens, helped for more than 40 hours of interviews and their extensive personal photo and videos file.
However, even when Reubens discovered much of himself for filmmakers, he retained a critical truth: his private battle with cancer, a diagnosis that he kept secret until his death and not known even for filmmakers, reports the Times.
Through sincere interviews and archive images, ‘Pee-Wee like himself’ seems the fundamental moments that led to Reubens’ public misfortune.

The film deepens its arrest in 1991 for indecent exhibition in an adult theater in Sarasota, Florida, in the photo of its frame above. The film also analyzes its 2002 arrest for positions of possession of child pornography, positions that were later removed

The film suggests that Reubens became a victim of a homophobic cultural reaction. In the photo, Pee Wee’s Playhouse at CBS was a children’s television program starring Paul Reubens and John Paragon. Photo here in 1986
Created for the stage, Pee-Wee with its white and thick moccasins and the red loop tie became a cultural constant both in adult entertainment and for children during much of the 1980s.
The film deepens its arrest in 1991 for indecent exhibition in an adult theater in Sarasota, Florida, and its arrest in 2002 for positions of possession of child pornography, positions that later retired.
A small fine was given, but the damage to his career was incalculable.
It became the frequent rear of the jokes of the night interview program and the perception of Reubens changed immediately.
“At the time I realized that my name was going to say in the same prayer as ‘children’ and ‘sex’, that is really intense,” Reubens told NBC in 2004. “That is something I knew about That same moment, whatever it happens beyond that point, something is in the air that is really bad ‘.
In both cases, the documentary suggests that Reubens became a victim of a homophobic cultural reaction.
Reubens publicist, Kelly Bush Novak, describes the 2002 case as a ‘homophobic witch hunt’, then accusing: Rocky Delgadillo city lawyer of Malinterprets the Rubens collection of Erotica Gay as child pornography.
Although the charges were reduced to a minor obscenity plea, the damage to the reputation of Reubens had already been done.
For three years, he was asked to register as a sexual offender, a punishment that reinforced his alienation of both the industry and the public.

For three years, Paul Reubens had to register as a sexual offender, a punishment that reinforced his alienation of both the industry and the public. Reubens is shown in the location that films ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday’ in May 2015

Once acclaimed as the lovely and eccentric star of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Reubens was labeled as “diverted” and “perverted”
His previous arrest in 1991 due to indecent exposure was equally catastrophic.
Once acclaimed as the charming and eccentric star of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Reubens was labeled as a “deviant” and “perverted” of actors Phil Hartman and spy sales.
The consequences were quick and implacable: CBS dropped the union of his beloved children’s program, and Reubens became an object of ridicule in the tabloids.
The documentary continues to explore not only the controversies but also the art that defined the life of Reubens, celebrating its ingenuity and creativity, which captivated the public for decades, despite the fact that his personal life became the subject of implacable scrutiny.
After his arrest in 1991, the decade would mainly play characters that are not kicking, including the papers in Burton’s 1992 ‘Batman Returns’, the movie ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ and a race of stars invited in the television series ‘Murphy’ Murphy ‘Brown.’
He also appeared in the 1999 comedy film ‘Mystery Men’ and the 2001 drug drama by Johnny Depp ‘Blow’.
Reubens, who never lost his youthful appearance even in his 60 years, would slowly reintroduce Pee-Wee, eventually making a Broadway adaptation of ‘The Pee-Wee Herman Show’ in 2010 and the Netflix 2016 film.
His made his last appearance on screen during a cameo on the lady of the Hulu questionnaire.
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