Amanda Knox's comedy show, Cartwheel, sells out at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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This weekend marks the start of Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe, billed as the world’s biggest comedy and theater festival, and one show, in particular, is stirring controversy — a comedy called "Cartwheel,” by Amanda Knox, the American former student who was convicted and later acquitted of her British roommate’s murder 19 years ago in Italy.

The title refers to how Knox was said to have done cartwh…

This weekend marks the start of Scotland’s Edinburgh Fringe, billed as the world’s biggest comedy and theater festival, and one show, in particular, is stirring controversy — a comedy called "Cartwheel,” by Amanda Knox, the American former student who was convicted and later acquitted of her British roommate’s murder 19 years ago in Italy.

The title refers to how Knox was said to have done cartwh…

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