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About Peewee...

posted 9 years ago by december_roses
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I grew up watching the movie and Peewee's Playhouse and something I never understood--was he supposed to be an adult or a kid? Or maybe an adult with a cognitive disability? I never understood. Sometimes he acts like he's 5. Other times he acts like he's 12. People refer to him as "kid." That Frances guy talks about his dad letting him have whatever he wants for his birthday. But he lives on his own and takes care of himself.

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[–] bradikal 9 years ago

I think PeeWee is a kid who never grew up.

In the movie I picture his character as someone raised by an eccentric grandparent and who inherited their home after that grandparent died.

[–] sauronthegr8 9 years ago

Part of the joke is that even though to us he looks like a full grown man, in the world of the movie everyone sees him as a child. There's enough references to him as a "little boy" to support this.

We don't have to think in those terms anymore.

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[–] StaunchWoman 8 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puer_aeternus

We've met before, haven't we?

[–] tinkerbell_jonna 7 years ago

He is kinda like Mr Bean! Someone who acts and plays like a child, but who apparently lives on their own and takes care of them self, somehow.