Lupe Velez: The Burning of the Mexican Spitfire
Velez's story has a lot of people that wronged her, from bad boyfriends to equally bad press
Women They Warned You About is an ongoing series focused on Hollywood misogyny and how the term "difficult" has been used on women in the entertainment industry for decades. Each article spotlights a different woman, tracks her career, and how the term changed the perception of her in Hollywood.
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Being a difficult woman in Hollywood isn't a new phenomenon. Go all the way back to the early days of cinema and you'll see how the word was applied to actresses who didn't play by the rules. And after seeing Bad Bunny get some of the worst people big mad for just existing I knew I wanted to talk about a woman who similarly pissed people off for being "too Latin."
