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From: trb@masscomp.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure
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Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 13:21:46 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 19 13:21:46 1985
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Reply-To: trb@masscomp.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum)
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A fine movie.

Pee Wee's first major role is a real gem.  He brings his peculiar
view of life to the screen, and we find that it's not all slapstick.
It's a blend of slapstick humor, surrealism (!), innocence, wisdom,
integrity, and warmth.  Pee Wee doesn't bow to the idols of Hollywood,
and he doesn't spit on them either.  There is no gratuitous sex or
violence, not even gratuitous reference to sex or violence.  The
butts of the jokes are never riduculed mercilessly or tastelessly.
I laughed alot.

The movie really focuses on Pee Wee; none of the other characters had
central roles, but they do lend various interesting flavors.
The plot is simple but it holds the movie together well enough.
There is a surprising number of interactions between Pee Wee and
various unexpected colorful characters, and these interactions
portray him as a more interesting person than you would imagine at
first glance.

Who won't like this movie?  People who are set in their dislike for
childish humor, like that of the Three Stooges.  People who want the
popular hooks in their humor - sex and drugs and rock and roll and
violence.  People who rant and rave about whether or not they were able
to suspend their disbelief about whether it's phycically possible for a
bicycle to jump over a cyclone fence.

I don't think that Pee Wee compromised his integrity enough to make
this movie a box office smash.  I had heard that it did well in its
first week at the box office, but I went to a Saturday night showing
and the theater was not close to full.

I hope I don't come off too seriously, I think the movie was really
good and funny.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Masscomp  Westford, MA   (617) 692-6200 x2274