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'Hail To The Chin': B-List Actor Bruce Campbell Returns With A Memoir Of Middle Age

Campbell's second collection of rants and ruminations is just as enjoyably smarmy as his first, though the actor's ruthlessly sardonic outlook has mellowed.
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The thing that makes actor Bruce Campbell a cult favorite has less to do with his output (which includes such cheeseball epics as and ) and more to do with his input – that is, the quality he can be counted upon to bring to even the schlockiest table: It's an artisanal cocktail of Dad-joke corniness, jockish swagger, withering derision and a willingness – – to come off looking like a jerk.

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