
- 874 pages
- English
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About this book
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 QuartetI. Tempering – the Actor's strugglesII. Exposition – the Actor's riseIII. Apotheosis – the Actor's climaxIV. Beyond Fin – the Actor's legend
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- ‘Forward… to glory!’
- Contents
- Reminder Notes
- Dear Reader: Quiet On The Set!
- Critical Mass: And He Didn’t Even Know What Hit Him
- Prelude: Intermission
- 1: Big Man On Campus
- 2: Pæan In Vitriox Boulevard
- 3: Acts Of Desperation, Acts Of Conscience
- 4: The Festival Of Suffering
- 5: Pornokrates
- 6: Lollipops And Dimbulbs
- 7: The Very Angry, The Very Black, The Very High Priest
- 8: Funerary Arts And Sciences
- 9: The Acolyte
- 10: Butterbugs Will Be Your Server Today
- 11: I Tell You, I Have An Audition!
- 12: Music HellHoleUjah!
- 13: Not So Shy-lock
- 14: Curtain Call At Kunky Creek
- 15: Shylock Is Really Not A Very Nice Fellow After All
- 16: Parker The Ninth
- 17: The Great And Moving Aftermath
- 18: Destination: Lurzlee Cañon!
- 19: I Love You. And Yet, I Hate You
- 20: Chamber Music In The Afternoon
- 21: Enactment And Exposition
- 22: Alun Parsnip Presents: BUTTERBUGS, Starring In A Special Presentation
- 23: Greetings to Sid
- 24: Hated, Just, Just HATED
- 25: An Epoch Has Begun!
- 26: We Are The Masters Of Time
- 27: I Have Been Admitted
- 28: Old Atrocity
- 29: A Beautiful War Is An Ugly Thing To Waste
- 30: The Codification Of The House
- 31: A Producer Named Parker
- 32: There Was Once Again A Producer Named Parker
- 33: I Vomited Violently
- 34: But Let Me Tell You, Or, Yet Once Again, There Was A Producer Named Parker
- 35: At Last
- 36: On Location
- 37: For Purposes of Classification
- 38: The Seminal Moment
- 39: I Wanna Marry A Chimp Cage Cleaner
- 40: Long Range Planning… NOW! WOW!!
- 41: Perry Flask And His StageMom
- 42: Flickering Light
- 43: The Dawn Of Humanity
- 44: The Power Of The New
- 45: An Interview
- 46: Thanks To You, Sid
- 47: Two Girls Talk
- 48: The Prestige Of The Office
- 49: Acts Of Courage, Acts Of Cohesiveness
- 50: Digital, Absolutely Digital; But Wait –
- 51: Controversy! Accurséd Controversy!
- 52: High Quality Hilarious
- 53: Nuts, Bolts, And Assorted Fasteners
- 54: Now Then, Dmitri
- 55: Parlor. I Think It Was Parlor
- 56: The Antebellum Plea
- 57: I, Isaac Davis
- 58: I Was There When Isaac Davis…
- 59: An Awesome Verdict
- 60: How Do You Fill A Vacuum When A Vacuum Stops Being A Vacuum?
- 61: Loungin’ On The Throne
- 62: My Way
- 63: The Assembly Line
- 64: Le Bugs De La Buttier
- 65: Salted Perris Poarck
- 66: And Then There’s ProwlerCat
- 67: Cool Pool
- 68: Big Plans, Big Parts, Big Hopes
- 69: Penciled, Skedded, Inked
- 70: Lots Of Properties, Lots Of Options, Lots Of Pictures…
- 71: Flesh Impact
- 72: On The Prowl
- 73: Busier Than A Cranberry Merchant at Thanksgiving, Or Busier Than A Pup In A Room Full Of Rubber Balls? Which Is It To Be?
- 74: The Promise Of Joy
- 75: The Aghori
- 76: Interval In DeeCee
- Coming Attractions III. Apotheosis
- A Bit Of Bio: Brian Paul Bach
- By the Same Author
- Copyright