Kadushin

"Introspectum Motel" isn't about spies or secret agents, but it is about adults with adult relationships in a small community.

Mind games and violence, sex and family feelings.

Who will win?

Lots of twists and turns, because at the end of the day, no one seems to be a serial killer, professional criminal, or a spy (though you can't be too sure).

Topless soft-core sex scenes mixed into the drama.

For fans of thrillers with characters who feel and may or may not realize the consequences of their actions.

Good acting, good cinematography, and good editing in this film.

The movie will leave people talking about what is beyond what we see. Motivations of the characters unfold as the drama and action does.

The Creators tries to bring a semester of college or a year of high school studies of history and culture --

highlighted by live performed music with folk and jazz instruments,

opera singers who are children and young adults;

a mother and son who are both illustrators -

• but the mother does spray paint graffiti and the son does drawn stories with drawn art;

a teacher of hip hop dancing to 11 years old and up and their B-Boy Crews with music, deejays and hip-hop rappers and singers;

a female music star amongst almost entirely male voices and her talented boy child;

one voiceless little girl;

middle aged women speaking;

children in very poor areas; history and a little bit of cultural economy together.

Sounds like a lot?

It is a lot.

It should be at least seven to nine hours of materials, that have been cut down to less than two hours.

So if you're streaming this - be prepared to start and stop and think about it.

This film calls for a one semester college class or a year of high school/secondary school studies, and it does bring hope to a very dark recent past and challenging times.

I dare you to watch it.

Trigger warnings for guns, a brief images of a topless female cartoon character in bondage on one of the subject's shirts. This is a male dominated culture and message movie with some moments for the women. However almost no room for girls.

If you are concerned about young men and male children, this goes far to show the struggles.

The overall feel of this reminds me of America in the 1950s and 1960s, and thanks to the fact that video makes everything seem to be happening now, we can't be quite sure which parts are contemporary.

While capitalism is not called out, colonialism is. Racism in South Africa is called out. Diversity of experience is called out.

The actions of "The Creators" in this film bring hope and meaning, but they do not bring all of the answers.

I wanted to see the names of the musical and graphic artist on the screen or at least a name a picture with each in the credits. This is missing, but perhaps if they do the seven hour version they will be there.

David S. Mayne and crew bring a blender of elements into "Happy Hour History" episode 3.

The opening intro combines a peppy host with both still and moving historical images, actor recreations scenes, and almost Monty Python-like animations (Gilliam-like) lampooning the power-makers of the time.

What this does in only 20 minutes is stuff in a combination of entertainment and mostly American History, including highlights of leaders of both the white and black women's movements in the 20th century, focusing in on women's right to vote - but at the same time in a period of about fifteen minutes of the episode, surveys information about American Presidents and political parties before and up to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

There are also asides to Americans abroad and America in context of the world that are memorable.

I learned about Ida B. Wells and women making protest marches before presidential inaugurations - hmm... does that sound familiar?

The host also tries to stay contemporarily relevant talking about the Spanish Flu epidemic, job losses based on political edicts, and politicians who broke the laws they said they were supporting.

I can see this being watched over and over by people reviewing for their GED's, Social Studies Regents and Achievements Exams in the U. S. (High School tests that help with college placement and are sometimes required to graduate from certain American High Schools) and first and second year college courses on American History.

I can see three to five minute remixes being used for specific courses on women, culture, African American issues, US presidential history and political economy courses on the college level.

To be honest, a lot of the "White Americans" history is a remix of stuff that I've seen before - more spread out - but the inclusion of Black American Women in particular and going into more details about entertainment figure Josphine Baker than I was casually familiar with stood out.

"And all the rest" were touched on briefly mentioning Anna Mae Wong, Native American Rights and Hispanic American Rights.

It's not a be-all and end-all, but it is a great launching point for more research, if you are taking a class or preparing for a test.

There are both funny and factual asides interjected texts on screen, so in addition to the overall great visuals, you want to take a close look as the episode proceeds.

At the same time - the teaser of a drink mix is played out - and I'd actually try "the scofflaw" drink. Sounds yummy. While sponsored by. Knob Creek, the makers of the Rye Whisky in the drink, I could also see a possible "virgin" or non-alcoholic mix based on this recipe

Great teases for the drink and the bartender, the lovely, buff and tattooed Jill Cockson; and there's even a brief historical interjection on women bartenders from American History.

Host starts out in neutral attire and does some surprise costume changes in some of the segments.

For both education and entertainment, I'd give this a 96 percent, or an A grade.