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Hail to the Chin: Further Confessions of a B Movie Actor

by Bruce Campbell
St. Martin's. Aug. 2017. 320p. photos. ISBN 9781250125606. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250125613. AUTOBIOG
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Campbell (the "Evil Dead" trilogy; Xena: Warrior Princess; Burn Notice), one of Hollywood's most recognizable B-list actors, continues his life story first told 15 years ago in the New York Times best seller If Chins Could Kill. With his typical deadpan humor, here the actor regales his readers with further accounts of his career, such as the time he played a still-alive albeit elderly Elvis who battles monsters in the desert (2002's Bubba Ho-Tep) as well as his lesser-known personal journeys, such as when he and his wife totalled four cars within a year of moving to a home in backwoods Oregon. Campbell sheds further light on the (decidedly unglamorous) existence of a B-list actor, and fans of his work will undoubtedly be excited to read more from the enigmatic movie star.
VERDICT Chock-full of amusing anecdotes about the underappreciated B-list movie industry. Hand to admirers of Campbell's previous book and fans of the talkies.
Reviewed by Tyler Hixson, Brooklyn P.L. , Jul 01, 2017
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