By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)
DreamWorks Animation and Netflix‘s marriage produced an adorable Puss in Boots with a perchance for courting danger. He’s also a rogue, a scoundrel and a dim-wit. Though he tries his best to be a hero, sometimes the actions he makes are not without consequences. For example, in the first episode of The Adventures of Puss in Boots, “Hidden,” his skullduggery destroys an enchantment that shielded the rich town of San Lorenzo from thieves.
Eric Bauza is the new voice of the title character, and he does a respectable job of instilling the same panache into the cat that Antonio Banderas put into the theatrical version. Jayma Mays, in comparison, is almost like a spitting image of her Glee character, Emma Pillsbury, but only rendered in feline form. As Dulcinea, she’s oblivious to the dangers of what the bigger world entails. After what Puss did, she better be ready and she shows it by the fifth episode, “Adventure.”
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