REVIEWS “Who’s Holding the Remote”

“Who’s Holding the Remote?” 2001, was Tomboys in Fishnets’ groundbreaking inaugural show. Their lowest brow show to date, “Remote” spoofed the world of Television. It received so much anger from the press that it drove Tomboys creator into a drunken tailspin that left her sobbing on her bathroom floor at 4 am “Why do they hate me so much?”

“They’re getting away with the kind of humor for which an all-male troupe could be picketed, if not sued.” -Backstage West, 2001

“the material tends to be crude and sexually obsessed …this is a show strictly for the undiscriminating.” — L.A. Weekly 2001

In spite of the reviewers disdain for the production. “Remote” ran for 5 months to numerous sold audiences.