Educators

Been a longtime since I have had the pleasure to watch a really laugh out loud comedy series. Excellent. Loved that it was from New Zealand and the irony that the adults are way more messed up than the kids.

'Educators' is a hilarious comedy that centers around Saint Macleod's College in New Zealand.

Before watching this show I was wary that it may be unfunny and a complete mess, as it is an unscripted series. However I was proven wrong and strongly believe that the unscripted nature of the show truly lets the actors shine. They are all brilliantly cast in their roles, with their mannerisms, choice of phrasing and fashion all typical to the stereotypes of the teachers that they play. In other words, the characters are all believable.

Jackie van Beek and Rick Donald particularly shine as big presence characters, Robyn Duffy, a career advice and guidance counsellor with unorthodox teaching methods and mad and mean PE teacher Vinnie Thompson. They are joined by a principal that lacks authority over the school, a whimsical drama teacher, a woodwork teacher trying to get into the dating game, an entertaining receptionist, quiet biology teacher and unusual relief teacher with multiple identities. Many recognizable comedians guest star in the show adding their bewilderment at the chaos around them. At this school the teachers have their lives less 'together' than the students.

I enjoyed each episode, with a few in particular standing out and binge watched this series in a short time. The episodes of earlier seasons are about 15 minutes and around 22 minutes in length for season 3. Educators is a brilliantly funny New Zealand comedy series and I'm so hoping there will be a 4th season.

The birds eye view into the true humanity and character studies whilst a bit over the top is refreshingly honest... Talk about no filters.. brave funny and easy to binge ..

I tried. I watched three episodes, probably only because it was said to be unscripted. However, I found it painful. It was not funny at all, just embarrassing and very annoying.

A comedy is one of those things that can't please all of the people all of the time. We found "Educators" really funny and we think especially so as we are employed in the sector. A great laugh at our own expense. As it was unscripted it was a bit loose at times but that is so to be expected. We felt that the season 3 effort was not up to the standard of the first two. So our advice, because of our tastes, is miss season 3. This review is somewhat late and made in hindsight because we went looking for the theme song - but could not get the series to play for us - and read the reviews of others and felt the need to add our 10 cents worth.