Review: The Casagrande’s “The Bros in the Band; For the Record”

Overview


“The Bros in the Band”

Bobby’s dream of playing in a band might finally come true, but he must hang with Par’s punk pals…

“For the Record”

worried he’s not keeping up with his cool friends, Sameer tries to break a record for some street cred…


Our Take

For the former episode, the heart of the story is Bobby learning to get along with new people he’s encountered and in an effort to be accepted into their so-called “band” so giving into peer pressure, he had creates a rude punk rock persona which at first works out for him, yet see’s that it’s the complete opposite of his usual wholesome self…

As for the 2nd episode, it was very Sameer-focused which takes a unique direction from one of Ronnie-Ann’s circle of friends as he wants to earn his place of “coolness within his circle with the help of the tomboyish bully Becky who’s methods in helping Sameer are less than favorable but it heavily relies on physical comedy at the expense of Sameer.

Overall, both were passable episodes for kids to easily learn from. The first one was your standard by the numbers cliche storyline that pushes a “be yourself” narrative in a very on-the-nose sort of way, while the other while very Sameer-focused and gave him the closure he needed to learn that his circle of friends are just as imperfect as he is. At least the 2nd episode was unique in how it ended with something that gave me a good chuckle…