Why Paul Reubens' Pee-wee Herman will live on

For TV critic Robert Lloyd, it is the job of the revolutionary to redefine what's normal, if not to demolish the idea of normalcy, and Paul Reubens' Pee-wee Herman spoke to the outsider in us all.
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