“Learn English a minute a day” aims to rock the world
Jonathan Levine, 54 years old, a prolific American musician and writer, has been living with his wife in France for 20 years. He started his latest very American style mini-film project in Paris “learn English a minute a day” by himself as professor Fuzzy, the only professor who teaches English by playing a violin.
In order to get this show business started, Jonathan made short films with one camera for the moment. However, it is just to show people the project. “When I get the financing for the project, I am going to re-shoot everything,” he confirmed. But the first thing he focuses on is to make the writing and the scenes very clear.
Ambitions to shake show business, starting with China
“Learn English a minute a day” is a project designed to rock the world with the first target: China. “Actually, a Sino-French marketing company from Shanghai is very interested in this project. Like us, they think it’s perfect for the Chinese marketing,” reveals Jonathan. There are 200 million people with cell phones in China as well as an enormous desire to learn English. “The television, the mobile and the Internet could be just great to learn English in a short and convenient way. Plus, professor Fuzzy with a violin is always very pleasant to see,” this happy American musician claimed. At this stage, he put his test show samples on the Internet, willing to bind them with mobile phones with the help of hi-tech.
He admits that there is no sure thing in show business. Nevertheless, he is certainly looking forward to becoming world-famous. “I have a lot of confidence in this project because it is funny, educational and there is a big desire to learn English. In addition, this show is armed with the typical American culture ‘you can do it!’ and ‘everything is great!’ ” Ambition glowed in his eyes.
Like most artistes, Jonathan sometimes worries about the running out of ideas, creativity. With the irregular incomings, life could be rough. “I don’t have money every month. So I always have to try to sell something, to write something. Sometimes, it can be really tiring and I am not 22 any more,” he keeps talking, still with a smile on his face.
Better English, better future
From the beginning till the end of the interview, “professor Fuzzy” insisted on one thing: the importance of speaking good English. “No joking! I have a friend who works for a big consulting company in
Paris. He says whenever he has to hire someone, the deciding decision is to see who speaks the best English. If you are really serious about doing business in this world or simply being a part of the world, you need to speak English,” he says it because of what he has seen, not because he is an American. Jonathan concluded, “If you speak good English, everything is possible. In a word, English opens the doors!”
Xiao HAN