Happiness Life During Wartime The Wire Vice: I saw Life During Wartime yesterday and coincidentally my girlfriend just bought me a Pee-wee Herman ventriloquist doll. It was great to see Paul Reubens in the film, I’m a fan and I loved how you used him. Todd: Yeah, it made me want to see more of him. I think your film shows that he deserves a better acting career than he’s had. I hope so. So did this follow-up just come out of the blue, or had you been thinking about the characters a lot over the years? Happiness Happiness I’ve read you were disturbed that people thought your portrayal of Bill the pedophile in Happiness was a sympathetic one. I imagine everyone who got and liked Happiness didn’t think that, but saw that you were just presenting a three-dimensional character study. Cultural taboos, especially in cinema, have changed a lot in the past ten years. Do you think Happiness would have caused less controversy if it came out today? Happiness Happiness I was going to ask you if you could see yourself revisiting these characters again in ten years, but then I thought what I’d really like to see is Happiness: the TV series. Happines