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‘Flamin’ Hot’ Creators Don’t Mind That Its Origin Story Was Debunked
DANGEROUSLY CHEESY
“You just know what is true in your gut,” screenwriter Linda Yvette Chávez told The Daily Beast, “and Richard's story... I know that story in my heart.”
Laura Bradley
Senior Entertainment Reporter
Published
Jun. 8 2023
5:00AM EDT
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Searchlight Pictures
Laura Bradley
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