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Amanda Knox in Cartwheel review
Gilded Balloon TeviotPerformer cleared of death of her roommate in Italy uses new motherhood as framework for her defiant comedy show
TL;DR
- Amanda Knox's fringe show, 'Cartwheel,' uses her experience as a new mother to frame her narrative.
- The show addresses the controversy surrounding her and her efforts to avoid being silenced.
- Knox recounts episodes of her public trauma while interacting with her daughter's voice.
- She reflects on how to explain her wrongful imprisonment to her children and deal with online abuse.
- Becoming a mother has sharpened her anger and understanding of her own and her mother's treatment.
- The performance is described as defiant, respectful to the memory of her murdered roommate, and an effort to reclaim her story.