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Why is the site called “Rotten Tomatoes”?

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Why is the site called “Rotten Tomatoes”?

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Back in the days of the open theaters, when a play was particularly atrocious, the audience expressed their dissatisfaction by not only booing and hissing at the stage, but throwing whatever was at hand — vegetables and fruits included. Hence the name Rotten Tomatoes.