So many ’80s movies don’t hold up on further investigation: The Monster Squad, Red Dawn, Conan the Barbarian. But Pee-wee’s Big Adventure improves with each passing year. Somehow, Paul Reubens made a perfect road movie composed entirely of quotable, memorable moments. You can study this movie, monklike, for decades and find new moments of sublime beauty every time; I defy you not to laugh when Pee-wee makes his ride off into the sunset after performing his “Tequila” dance. That shit gets me every time. (Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave, www.central-cinema.com, 7 pm, $6 adv/$8 DOS, all ages)
‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’
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I just watched THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW ON BROADWAY finally, and once again relished in the near-perfection of what Paul Reubens created with this character. The movie is great, but the stage show still shines above it. The original version is stellar, too. Watch it all. Buy it all so that they will make another movie or something.
I love that story.
“Tell em’ Large Marge sent ya’!”