AIBU to think an Edinburgh festival show about Meredith Kercher's murder should be stopped?

YANBU

Appalling

What were they thinking? Awful.

I hadn't heard her story so just looked it up. So tragic.

Generally, I think it's fine (often even positive) to make theatre from real tragedies - eg London Road, Grenfell, Come From Away, Deep Cut, The Bomb, Punch, Manhunt etc).

But if the girl's family want it pulled then I think their wishes should be respected. It would be hard on everyone who has worked hard on it but they should have sought permission and included the family before doing any of the work.

And I'm all for shocking and subversive in theatre but I can't imagine how this could ever make an appropriate comedy!! Hopefully that is a mistake and by 'entertainment' they mean something hardhitting and powerful.

The problem is tho it is also her story to tell. She was wrongly accused of her murder. Its not like she was completely uninvolved and just picked a hideous event out of nowhere to make into a show.

Knox said: "I don’t joke about Meredith’s death. I joke a lot about how I was vilified, but I don’t joke about her murder. That’s just a line for me. I set red lines for myself that other comedians don’t. I’ve had other comedians pitch me jokes that I just would not do.

It sounds like it’s a show about what happened to Amanda after the murder rather than what happened to Meredith. Not something I would want to watch but people are allowed to see it.

I think Amanda is innocent, but I found her Disney+ show utterly cringe-worthy and awful but she is allowed to share her experience of what happened without being banned for it.

I hadn't realised that. Just fell down an internet rabbit hole on the whole case. Not sure why I'd never heard of it. Really bizarre and shocking story. I can see it making a good drama. But stand up comedy ... ?!?!

No, I will absolutely not be signing that petition.

Amanda Knox is entitled to tell her personal story.

I can get my head around Meredith's family reacting as they have, but shame on anyone else who signs that petition.

Ive signed it. I feel no 'shame' @11AndCounting . You want to 'shame' people who think differently to you? Well done.

You want to silence a victim of a miscarriage of justice because you personally think - without any awareness of what she actually says in the show - it is distasteful.

Well done yourself.

yes I consider it distasteful.

Do you know what she says?

No, I do not.

You presumably have had a sneak preview though, seeing as you find it so distasteful you consider it must be banned?

There are loads of distasteful shows on at the fringe, the weirdest leaflet I got handed to me was for Hitler the Musical!

I really dislike Amanda Knox but I don't think she should be silenced. I understand why Meridenth's family are upset but the show is about AN experience.

What i objected to was you saying 'shame' for people who think differently to you.

Oh well, guess you'll have to get over it.

How does that differ from trying to get a theatre show that you haven’t seen and don’t know the content of in any detail, by and for people who think differently to you, cancelled?

We live in a free society. She’s free to say what she wants, and people are free to decide whether they want to attend or not. I personally wouldn’t attend, but I’m not in the business of policing what others watch based on my own personal feelings about it.

I hadn't heard about this show.

I remember the case very clearly and found it extremely distressing. As far as I'm concerned Amanda Knox is guilty.

I support Meredith's family. The poor young woman's death is not entertainment.

The show is about Knox's experiences after the murder, when she was arrested and in prison.
It's not about the murder itself but obviously her experiences happened as a result of the murder.

She seems really irritating so its not a show I am planning to see while at Edinburgh but shows must be allowed to be distasteful or offensive to some people. That's a basic premise of living in a fairly free society. Comedy and theatrical shows can't just be about lovely days out with a picnic.

The Kercher siblings are merely providing more publicity for the show through this campaign. It is devastating to lose a family member but that doesn't then give you the right or moral right to limit other people discussing their experiences or creating a piece of art.

Yabvvvu.

Amanda Knox was falsely accused and spent years in prison. Even now she has to move through the world knowing there are people who are so hopped up on Internet conspiracy theories that they still believe she did it. We got about a dozen posts in before some Rumpole of the Facebook comments section helpfully pipes up to demonstrate.

What this means is she has every right to talk about it. It's understandable that Merediths family, having not only lost her but been lied to institutionally, struggle with this. But nobody else has any excuse.

I wouldn’t watch it, I feel I’ve heard her story and thoughts enough times now through twitter, books, articles and I tried watching the dreadful tv show, but I don’t think we can censor things based on possible offence, we can just judge and respond.

Another person was found guilty. Knox couldn't have committed the crime.

In September 2015, the delegate supreme judge, court adviser Gennaro Marasca, made public the reasons of absolution. First, none of the evidence demonstrated that either Knox or Sollecito was present at the crime scene. Second, they cannot have "materially participated in the homicide", since absolutely no "biological traces ... could be attributed to them in the room of the murder or on the body of the victim where, by contrast, numerous traces were found attributable to Guede"

She isn’t mocking Meredith in any way as she has made clear. She’s sharing her horrific story of wrongful imprisonment and I guess trying to make light of it in some ways as a coping mechanism. She isn’t joking about Meredith ffs. Maybe read what she said about it first.

The petition gives no information about the show - here is the blurb for it.

I can see it's upsetting for Kercher's family but it seems like a perfectly valid way for Knox to talk about her own experience.

It was a weird event and it feels like we never really heard the full truth of it.

https://edfringemap.com/shows/amanda-knox-cartwheel

I think it’s in very poor taste, but as pp said, many things on the Fringe could be that, and many comedians can offend.
I wouldn’t waste my own time or money on it, and I think it tells me about her character, but it’s what made her famous so I guess she is exploiting that.

Sorry but you make it sound very black and white.
It was much more complex than that.
There have been very many miscarriages of justices for very many reasons.
I'm not saying she was the only one who was guilty.