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Amanda Knox comedy show 'sincere' but 'just not very funny'
Amanda Knox's show, Cartwheel, discusses motherhood and how she will explain what happened in Perugia to her daughter
Amanda Knox's debut Edinburgh Fringe show has opened to mixed reactions, with critics describing it as "sincere" and "painfully unfunny".
The show, titled Cartwheel, arrived at the festival as one of this year's most talked‑about productions, attracting criticism from Meredith Kercher's sister Stephanie ahead of its first performance.
Knox, from the US, was convicted and later acquitted of murdering British student Meredith in Italy in 2007.
Early reviews suggest the show, which Knox told the BBC focuses on "how the world is unsafe and unfair towards women," is more of a personal, one‑woman piece than conventional stand‑up.
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The Guardian awarded it four stars, external, praising its "spirit of defiance", while The Times only gave it two stars, external, calling the show "sincere" but "stilted".
The Daily Telegraph also only gave it two stars, stating Knox's performance was "so very far from great stand-up"., external
That particular opinion was echoed across several reviews, which argued that Knox is less a stand‑up comedian and more of a storyteller.
Meredith Kercher was an exchange student in Italy when she was murdered in her home