Paging Mr. Herman

By MATTHEW SINGER

An unemployed man-child who wears tight pants and is obsessed with his bicycle? Sounds like a typical Portlander. No surprise, then, to see Pee-wee's Big Adventure receive the Lebowski Fest treatment via the third annual Pee-wee's Big Weekend, a celebration of the 1985 Tim Burton flick that brought the irreverent genius of Paul Reubens' stage act and later kids' TV show to the big screen for the first and, as far as everyone is concerned, only time. (Big Top Pee-wee? Never heard of it.) Come in costume, and tell 'em Large Marge sent ya. PG. Bagdad, 10 pm Saturday, May 28, and 1 pm Sunday, May 29.

  1. Best paired with: Black Rabbit Porter.
  2. Also showing: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Academy), Maximum Overdrive (Clinton Street Theater).

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