Santo Domingo. DR
Cheddy García has a past as an educator. Before being in the media, the Dominican actress and comedian was dedicated to teaching. She graduated in Pedagogy from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) and taught for several years in an educational center.
She recalled that something happened in those years that now on the big screen reveals “how we Dominicans are, progressives, fighters and everything a mother is capable of doing for her family.”
Although he did not want to reveal the details, he did admit that this served as inspiration to write the first draft of “Teacher Mechy”, which opens this Thursday, January 5 in Dominican theaters.
Even while in the media, the producer expressed that she does not stop assuming the role of teacher. “I am a very critical person, I think it is a way of teaching,” she told Listín Diario.
Then he added: “I always like to speak the truth and I like to say my position when something I understand affects the country mainly and I think that this is also a way to impact and teach.”
“The Mom of Humor” stated that she hopes to continue writing scripts in the future and that she is passionate about being part of the creative process of consolidating “any film project.”
Mercedes José García, her real name, revealed that she has “about thirty films, but for me this is the first because it is the one in which I have been most involved, it is like a birth, it is something very mine.”
“Teacher Mechy”, directed by Frank Perozo, tells the story of Mercedes (Mechy), a “fighter and brave” woman, who after studying pedagogy in Santo Domingo, embarks on a trip to New York in search of a better life for herself. her daughter and her mother.
After a few years abroad, she returns to her country to face a serious problem. With the help of her friend and friend, Bertha, she manages to enter a high-class school as a teacher without imagining everything that would happen and how her life would change for complete.
In the trailer for this comedy, it can be seen that due to lack of employment, Mechy agrees to teach dance classes to children, without having the proper experience for the job.
The cast of “Teacher Mechy” It is headed by Cheddy García (Mechy), who is also a screenwriter and producer; Francisca (Bertha), the Puerto Rican Denisse Quiñones (Xiomara); It is also made up of Irving Alberti (Alex), Olga Bucarelly (Pura), Chelsy Bautista (Saray), Francisco Vásquez (Director Araya) and Aquiles Correa (Javier).
This production also has the participation of more than 15 children who act and dance, and they promise to be an element that will make this comedy stand out from others in Dominican cinema.
The main faces of this film told that, without entering a classroom, life has presented them with situations where they had to dress up as “teachers.”
“Similar to Teacher Mechy, maybe I didn’t have the talent to do these things but I had to assume because someone was needed. I believe that we have all been teachers of something for someone, ”said Aquiles Correa, who had to occupy the position of coach at the Rafael Barias Club, where he was trained.
Both Irving and Francisco shared that as parents they get to dress up as teachers every day. “In the daily interaction with what you handle at work, with your family, there are things that you can teach, and more than teaching, I think setting an example,” said Vásquez.
Testimony
In the case of Frank Perozo, he had an experience similar to Cheddy’s: “When my son was going to be born, I had no money. The only thing I knew was to act and I had the audacity to go to a modeling school in Santiago, ask them for permission to see if they would let me take an acting course and there, out of necessity, I had to teach classes,” said the actor. .
“I loved the story (Teacher Mechy) I was very surprised that this had happened to Cheddy at one point, I respect her and value her more after this,” he added.
The main faces They told about this film that, without entering a classroom, life has presented them with situations where they had to dress up as “teachers.”
“Similar to Teacher Mechy, maybe I didn’t have the talent to do these things but I had to assume because someone was needed. I believe that we have all been teachers of something for someone, ”said Aquiles Correa, who had to occupy the position of coach at the Rafael Barias Club, where he was trained.
Both Irving and Francisco shared that as parents they get to dress up as teachers every day.
“I believe that in the daily interaction with what you handle at work, with your family there are things that you can teach, and more than teaching, I think setting an example,” said Francisco Vásquez.
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