Butterbugs is becoming somebody. He has come to Hollywood to act, and as an aspiring performer, so far, he is a survivor. His dream persists... though barely. But something's coming.
He has had to endure nearly crushing challenges with a tenacity deserving its own kind of award. Perhaps simple luck is all that's needed. It soon appears, from unexpected quarters. And starting there, his ascent begins.
Butterbugs is about to be exposed - as actor, as talent, as star. A splash like no other will soon inundate Hollywood.
In FORWARD TO GLORY's guise as a four-part epic-noir-satire, EXPOSITION continues the grand procession commenced in TEMPERING. Proudly episodic, unabashedly sensational, it is a saga geared to a seasoned readership eager to embrace a daring narrative with determination and relish.
As he advances, Butterbugs is gifted with the assistance of many: Vonda - the superstar, who literally picks him off the street; The Angry Black Priest - the super-artist, who, out of tragedy, teaches him wisdom; Sonny Projector - the super-agent, who sees something exceptional in this intriguing unknown; Old Atrocity - the super-technician, whose cinematic expertise perfectly compliments the actor's unique persona; Cody, Saskia and Justy - women to love, who love him; Pepper and Prairie - whose very existence may be nothing more than shadows on a screen but whose power is projected upon him; and Heatherette - whose reappearance saves his life.
The FORWARD TO GLORY Quartet
I. Tempering - the Actor's struggles
II. Exposition - the Actor's rise
III. Apotheosis - the Actor's climax
IV. Beyond Fin - the Actor's legend
Brian Paul Bach has been a worker in the theatre, an academic library, and the music business.
He is a student of film and its lore, an occasional dramatic performer and voice impressionist, an appreciator of theatre architecture and operation, and an architectural writer. He is a lifelong artist, photographer, traveler and filmmaker, a casual blogster, assertive political cartoonist, media-watcher, a socializer via media, and writes a regular 'Calcutta Chronicles' column for 'Kolkata On Wheels' magazine. Golden ages of film production, automotive design, and world architecture are of especial interest, as are his dogs, music, history, environment, society and culture, as well as most things concerning the Indian subcontinent.
As a youth he embraced teenage filmmaking, worked in fringe show business in Seattle, and
later probed the filmic corners of Hollywood, London and India. From these pursuits he has
adopted cinematic thinking as a built-in facet of everyday life. As a young person he ran his own neighborhood theatre, for which he produced acts and short movies. He has been immersed in performance arts and associated activities all his life. Writing has also been a constant, fiction and nonfiction.
Bach's other published works, illustrated with his photos, drawings, and maps, include: THE
GRAND TRUNK ROAD FROM THE FRONT SEAT, in two editions, 1993 and 2000 - the
Author's travels from Calcutta to the Afghan frontier; and CALCUTTA'S EDIFICE: THE
BUILDINGS OF A GREAT CITY, 2006 - a major examination of the architecture and culture of the Bengali metropolis. The book was presented to two successive Chief Ministers of West
Bengal state, at the 2006 and 2012 Calcutta Book Fairs, the latter attended by the Author. Bach has long observed his own generation's behavior, its choices and its outlooks, resulting in BUSTED BOOM: THE BUMMER OF BEING A BOOMER.
