Amanda Knox hits back at critics seeking to cancel comedy show
Stephanie Kercher says a petition with more than 1,000 signatures backs her call to drop Amanda Knox’s comedy show.
- Amanda Knox strongly defended her upcoming Edinburgh Festival Fringe comedy show, Cartwheel, after a petition backed by the family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher called for it to be canceled.
- The sister of the victim, Stephanie Kercher, publicly criticized the production, stating she could not fathom how rape and murder could be transformed into stand-up comedy and that it forced her family to relive their immense trauma.
- Critics and family friends launched a petition accusing the production of a "gross trivialization" of Kercher's 2007 death, arguing that linking a comedy show to an individual murder case normalizes violence against women.
- Replying via Instagram, Knox hit back at the campaign by stating that neither the author nor the signees had actually seen the show, which she claims mischaracterizes it and falsely accuses her in an attempt to "shame and vilify a wronged woman into silence".
- Knox asserted that Cartwheel actually honors Kercher's memory, calls out the violence done to them both, and primarily serves as an honest exploration of navigating motherhood in an unfair and dangerous world.
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