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Aroview: Candid mocko comedy following three first-year educators - enduring the highs and lows of the underpaid and overtaxed profession of teaching at a Texas high school.

Registering authenticity through the involvement of several real-life teachers, this accurately sends up the self-delusions of its subjects, but misses the satirical bite of the similarly stereotypical SUMMER HEIGHTS HIGH. Perhaps better suited to an extended TV series format, this is sure to evince groans of recognition, but only really delivers the laughs on a sporadic basis.