stackyFACTSThe ultimate symbol of a terrible act wasn't invented by critics, but by angry mobs. Nineteenth-century street audiences used rotting vegetables as cheap, highly visible projectiles to physically punish terrible acts, proving that bad humor has always warranted a violent response.
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