Cat PersonandStillwaterconstantly betray their main characters.
Its what makes them interesting.
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Podcasts and docuseries and movies process the same real-life events (Tonya Harding, the O.J.
It must first be noted thatStillwaterbears little resemblance to Knoxs nightmarish story.
The police immediately focused on Amanda and her Italian boyfriend, despite virtually no evidence pointing to them.
Knoxs public vendetta againstStillwatermay also be a matter of practical survival.
There is a difference, though, between fiction and fictionalization.
Allisons guilt inStillwateris clearly part of why Knox has spoken out so loudly against it.
McCarthy admitted toVanity Fairthat he couldnt help but wonder what it was like to be in Knoxs shoes.
Knox and Nowickis situations are obviously vastly different.
But Nowicki is not necessarily condemning Roupenian, whom she acknowledges was an M.F.A.
Barring that explanation, Nowickis purpose in writing the essay seems unclear.
This sentimentality could not be further from the merciless precision with which Roupenian depicts her characters.
This story is decidedly not about Alexis Nowicki or Charles.
Did he compromise himself in the process?
Roupenian did too, and by necessity.
Exoneration is for the courts.
In fiction, everyone is guilty, and no one is to blame.
