Review: If Chins Could Kill

For fans looking for the skinny on the shows Hercules and Xena, there are a couple of chapters at the end about Bruce's involvement with the shows (focusing primarily on two major events - his first directing gig, and the finale of Hercules). But fans looking to this book for insider views of the show will find themselves disappointed.

In fact, there is one almost glaring omission - the recent series Jack of All Trades. It is mentioned once, in the biographical blurb inside the book jacket. This isn't surprising, because much of this book was written before his work on that series, but it would have been nice to have a chapter or two about that show.

Still, I cannot recommend this book enough to anybody who is a fan of Bruce Campbell (or even those who aren't fans of Bruce Campbell, because you're sure to be a fan by the end of this book). It is an engaging, witty, and honest tale.

But this excerpt from the introduction, perhaps, sums it up best:

So, another actor writes a book about his glamorous, whirlwind life. Personally, as an ex-Detroiter, that crap bores me to tears. I've always been more interested in the working stiffs of Hollywood, ninety-nine percent of whom are overlooked in those phony, "tell all" books. For every Bruce Willis and Steven Spielberg, there are a hundred no-name slobs scraping out a living in a shockingly difficult profession.

Therefore, this is not a memoir about what I said to so-and-so at the Beverly Hills Hotel. It's also not about an actor's "meteoric" rise or "tragic" fall. Rather, this book is dedicated to the players on the second string, the B people, if you will, and I cheerfully include myself in that lot.

Track it down, and have a great read!

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