Pee-wee as Himself

SEPARATING THE ARTIST from their art is especially tricky when the creator hides within his creation, adopting it as his alter ego.

- BY MATT ROUSH

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE Friday, May 23, 8/7c, HBO (stream on Max)

Filmmaker Matt Wolf triumphantly rises to the challenge in this revealing, rewarding two-part documentary profile of Paul Reubens, who for years we saw and knew only as the irrepressible Pee-wee Herman.