Amanda Knox comedy show 'sincere' but 'just not very funny'
The Edinburgh Fringe show received a mixed response, with many reviewers saying typical stand-up fare.
Amanda Knox's debut Edinburgh Fringe show, titled Cartwheel, has received mixed reviews from critics, who describe it as sincere but painfully unfunny. Knox, a US national convicted and later acquitted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, presents the show as a personal one-woman performance exploring the theme of how the world is unsafe and unfair towards women.
While The Guardian awarded the show four stars, praising its spirit of defiance, The Times and The Daily Telegraph gave it only two stars each, labeling it sincerely but stilted and delivered with too much actorly poise, lacking comic timing. Critics argue that Knox is more of a storyteller than a conventional stand-up comedian.
Despite the negative reception, Knox maintains that she uses comedy to explore trauma and motherhood, aiming to reclaim the victim's story in a respectful manner. The show, which opens with Knox telling the audience to welcome the most controversial show at the Fringe, has an 11-day run at the Gilded Balloon Teviot.
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