So…Daredevil.
I’d never seen the Netflix show before, but I enjoyed Murdoch’s appearance in She-Hulk, loved Kingpin in Hawkeye and Echo, and have read a lot of praise for the Netflix Daredevil show. With the new Disney show coming up, last night I figured I’d watch the first episode of the Netflix show.
What I found was a vigilante revenge fantasy, in which our white guy hero repeatedly righteously beat up black and brown villains who intended to harm our precious white women. It seemed super racist!
So my question is, does this ever change? Or does Daredevil remain a right-wing racist revenge show? Because no matter how well produced, I don’t think I’m up for such a show in our current political moment.