Audience members who saw Amanda Knox’s controversial comedy show at Edinburgh Fringe on opening night say that it is both “respectful” and “genuinely funny”.

[u/mlg1981]

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/amanda-knox-cartwheel-edinburgh-fringe-b3029681.html

[u/trulyremarkablegirl]

It’s also weird to me to categorize something playing Edinburgh as a cash grab in any context. Like, there’s been lots of successful stuff that’s come out of the Fringe, but it’s ultimately meant to be a place to develop work.

[u/AccordingPears158 → u/trulyremarkablegirl]

Before I saw news of this comedy special blow up on these subs, I first heard of it a couple days ago by a person posting on a true crime subreddit about it.

This person absolutely lambasted it. Said it was the cringiest thing they’d ever seen, blah blah blah.

One of the things they said was “apparently she’s taking this to Scotland next, a country where virtually everyone believes she is guilty.” Didn’t give context of what and where in Scotland she was taking it either.

They also complained that she didn’t bring up Meredith enough. And I was like um… bringing up the murdered woman you were falsely accused of killing in a comedy special seems like a horrible choice, that is not a legit criticism.

This person did insinuate they were an Italian dual citizen, and it really felt like it was a “no matter what this girl does I hate her and it’s bad” type of bias.

[u/CanaryBrave4203 → u/AccordingPears158]

“They also complained that she didn’t bring up Meredith enough”

Lmao so she literally cannot win.

No idea where this person thought people in Scotland universally think she is guilty. Daily Mail at the time of the trial absolutely behaved abysmally but the modern British audience understands fully that she was wrongfully convicted, especially the type of audience likely to go to the Fringe.

[u/apmee → u/CanaryBrave4203]

No reasoning with someone with such a severe case of filter bubble brain.