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

[VivienneDelacroix]

Aibu to think that this show at the Edinburgh Festival should be cancelled? It mocks the circumstances around the murder of Meredith Kercher and serves it up as entertainment.

Not only is it horribly disrespectful of Meredith's family, but it also belittles the issue of violence against girls and women.

Meredith's siblings are calling for it to be pulled from the festival. There is also a petition calling for it to be stopped.

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Amanda Knox's life was effectively completely ruined and she carries a lot of stigma, much of it from the ignorance displayed on this thread.

There are two ways of dealing with notoriety. Either to completely withdraw from society and other people's misconceptions of you, or to take control of the narrative that is being told of you. From what AK says, her show focuses completely on her and her experience of her miscarriage of justice. So she has chosen the second option.

So no, the Fringe show shouldn't be stopped. It's legitimate artistic expression. It might be seen as distasteful by the Kerchers, but that isn't enough.

And yet you aired your objection, rather than just leaving it at "that person thinks differently to me -- fair enough!".

Would you feel the same if the victim was your daughter? Knox accused an innocent man and ruined his life. People forget that. It is just very bad taste to be doing this. I wish she had someone in her life who cared enough to tell her to move on. She wrote a book, made a movie, had a documentary and was on endless talk shows. She needs help.

No they don't, but they understand the context. Amanda Knox was bullied, accused and assaulted by police for 50 hours straight before she agreed to THEIR accusation towards Patrick Lumumba - and incriminated herself too.

This wasn't some calculated attempt to shift blame.

It’s very easy to see why the police accused her now - she has something missing I think -
empathy and seems obsessed with attention. An extreme narcissist. Though obviously she can do what she wants with her life now and it I don’t think the show should be banned. Her choice to continue life in such a public way.

Yes this is what happened.

It's almost as if you're a relative

What point are you trying to make with this comment?

Your defence of Knox is so strong, like only a relative would put up. Like you studied every detail. I am not accusing her of any crime, except the one she admitted to. It's just very bad taste what she is doing. It's trolling Meredith Kercher's family. Maybe she just doesn't get it.

And your attack of her is really strong? I think you're in bad taste, but maybe you just don't get it either.

You're also incapable of working out which poster you're responding to, or using the quote function apparently. Clearly someone with strong cognitive abilities.

I had heard that Mumsnet had become like X now. I'm out.

She only admitted to the crime after being physically abused by the police

Why are you determined to insinuate that she's guilty?

I don't know the exact content of the show admittedly, but I think if it's about her wrongful accusation and not about the murder itself, then I don't see it as problematic.

I think Amanda Knox was also a victim of this event as so I think she can do many things with that experience that shouldn't be wrong or disallowed.

Though again, I haven't seen the exact content, and I wouldn't extend that leniency to comedy to specifics of Meredith's death.

Anyone being accused of a crime and punished for something they didn't do is and should be shocking to any rational human being. Alass for some people, it is not, and they think they know best.

Indeed. Some people believe that no-one would ever admit to something they didn't do, but they've never experienced the kind of questioning Knox faced - being beaten, unrecorded interviews lasting more than 12 hours with no lawyer present and an incompetent interpreter who thought her job was to help the police to get Knox to admit to the crime and get her to incriminate the others the police had arrested (her boyfriend and Lumumba). In all honesty, it is surprising she lasted as long as she did before giving the police what they demanded - a statement incriminating both herself and Lumumba. Many people would have caved long before that.

If the Knox case has taught me anything, it's don't answer a single question without a lawyer present.

I'm never going to sign a petition calling for a show I haven't seen to be banned, but I can see why people are upset about it.

Of course AK has every right to speak about her own experience. She is also entitled to monetise it, whether people find it distasteful or not, it's her story to monetise. But she has been telling her story for years now, on many different platforms...podcasts, books, talk show appearances, documentaries, public speaking engagements. At what point does "telling your story" become courting publicity? Does AK genuinely have a passion for stand-up comedy as an art form, or is she simply looking for a new way to monetise her experience and stay in the public eye. After all, you can only keep selling the same story so many times. Either way, I can see why AK's determination to keep her story fresh in the public consciousness is painful for MK's family.

I think it's possible to defend AK's right to freedom of expression, along with the right of artists to make art that makes people uncomfortable, and still be curious about her motives and sympathise with MK's relatives position on the issue.

The show isn’t about Meredith Kercher. Amanda Knox is unfortunately forever linked to Meredith Kercher, but she shouldn’t be expected to live in the shadow of her, or negate her own trauma because of other people’s insistence on comparing it to a greater one.

How Amanda Knox was depicted in the media and treated was ‘in bad taste’. Yet the same people that demand good taste, humility, and compassion from her are the same ones that extend none to her and her family.

Meredith Kercher was a victim, and so was Amanda Knox.

Amanda Knox is presenting her experience, from her perspective and how she suffered as a result of being falsely accused and vilified. That is her choice , as far as I can see and have read she is only talking about her experiences. I don't think we can censor someone doing that as its their story and their lived experience.

As Ricky Gervais said "just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right". Most rational people would be offended by this, and I'd like to think they voted with their feet by staying well away from this. That would send a message!

It seems not since the show has apparently sold out.

She thought she was being a helpful witness at the time, and had no idea she’d go on to being viewed as a prime suspect, and later on probably thought asking for a lawyer would be a sign of guilt. All the housemates were asked to give their account. She was naive but this is where I have sympathy for her, it must have been extremely disorientating to be in a foreign country , thousands of miles from home and suddenly have to face such suspicion and harsh treatment with no guidance or support. She did her best to answer in Italian at first as they did not provide a translator which was ludicrous as she didn’t have enough grasp on the language at the time whatsoever.

Are you seriously comparing suffering here? Obviously being wrongly imprisoned is terrible but it is nowhere close to what happened to Meredith and her family. Nowhere close.
Every time Knox does an interview, programme or podcast or show- publicity is created and Meredith’s name is in the media again. Her family see her name in the media again and obviously references to her murder. Whilst I sympathise with Amanda she really needs to be mindful of what the Kercher family go through every single time she brings spotlight to the case. Surely she has done enough now? When will it end?

What about being convicted for something she didn’t do? She can’t do that can she as she was found guilty.

its so sexist , as others have said she (Knox) didn’t act as the media thought a woman should and that was evidence enough. Bit like Joanne lees.