RED BAND
"Red Band" is an Israeli puppet band that uniquely combines music and comedy. The series is a musical comedy mockumentary structured as if it were a documentary series, following the band's comeback attempts after its brief success in the late 1960s and its disbandment in 1973. As part of the comeback, the band members reunite, including lead singer Red, who returns from the United States, and they organize rehearsals with various Israeli artists. Presented as a documentary series, the show is filmed from the perspective of a cameraman who follows the band during rehearsals and their private lives.
"While reality show contestants try to hide their egos and delve into 'real' places, it's amusing that 'Red Band' manages to get there with the biggest fakeout possible: a talking English doll. Precisely because it has nothing to hide - it works," Ben Peretz, Haaretz, 2011.
