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Here, Kitty: Puss in Boots Gets New Trailer, New Poster

In high school, my friend Monica would sit behind me in class and draw pictures of cockeyed old men in wizard hats with patchy chest hair and scary, idiotic grins. It was weird and unsettling and hilarious (and I should be ashamed for encouraging it), but that was the point. In the case of the new Puss In Boots poster, we get all of that unrestrained, ambiguous sexuality, but with little of the winking creepiness. It's just creepy -- the way a strutting cat with a sincere stare in jaunty boots ought to be, frankly.

Dreamworks, you've gone too far! I look forward to the vocal talents of Amy Sedaris, Billy Bob Thornton, and of course Antonio Banderas, but when Puss In Boots abandons Shrek and earns his own movie poster, he is exposed for the naughty toon he is! I shouldn't be surprised that a leering creature named Puss is a bit unnerving, but he looks like a sultry sheriff in Aristocats western slashfic. Purr-verted!

Added bonus: the new trailer, which you can watch below.

[via Yahoo!]