Sweet mercy on a roll

In the film, Tootsie the protagonist is faced with the challenge of building a relationship with his true love through befriending her as her ‘girlfriend’. It works. Initially, he is an unemployed actor of 20 years when he lands the job of his dreams which inevitably changes his life for the better. Luckily, he meets the girl of his dreams as well. Nevertheless, he is committed to his role and does whatever is necessary to appease it. What he ends up doing, unintentionally, is thrust the confidence of countless women through honesty and integrity. In other words, he doesn’t mince words.

As the SF Media Literacy Examiner it’s fair to write the incredible joyous feeling bestowed when contributing articles about film. Whether the subject is motivated by enthusiasm or a passion to right a wrong, there is an emotional commitment to deliver a compelling story. Individually, there is a voice that not only wants to reach people but also to inspire them to get up and out in the world and be a contributor in their own right. That’s why film is the medium and life experience is the way.

Mercedez means mercy in Spanish and it is a name to which it is aspired to. Born and raised in Walnut Creek, studying film and anthropology in Washington, D.C., writing for San Francisco Examiner while living in one of the more unique college towns in the US is preparation enough for Hollywood. The hope is that this career journey breeds strength, courage, compassion, and wisdom. For the love of the American English language has brought a portal symbiotic with artistic expression such as film. The truth in the goal for screenwriting is twofold. One is the simple need to be in the film community but not thrust into the public eye and the other is about wanting creative control.

When Dustin Hoffman played Michael Dorothy in Tootsie he played a man acting as a woman better than most women. Without a doubt, the back story for writing screenplays is the actor writing better scripts than most writers. Figure it out.