Daredevil Proved He Fits The MCU By Beating Phase 4 To Its Biggest Idea
Daredevil proved he belonged in the MCU by beating Phase 4 to its biggest idea six years before its launch. The MCU's Phase 4 has spent the majority of its releases exploring characters on a sliding scale of moral greyness, both in its heroes and villains. Heroes such as Shang-Chi discussed their hidden darkness and violent history, while characters like Scarlet Witch and Loki have seen a nuanced approach to their characters; with redemption and hidden depths within antagonists, the MCU appeared to have closed the book on. This rich, morally grey landscape is definitely a welcome step into more adult, layered territory. However, Marvel initially explored these themes way back in 2016 with its Daredevil Netflix series.
The MCU's Phase 4 has taken a turn into more adult territory, where Andrew Garfield's neighborhood-friendly Spider-Man confessed to a dark, more violent path his heroic persona had taken. A frank discussion about the impact of grief saw Wenwu in Shang Chicast in a tragic light of deep mourning rather than the MCU's usual cartoonish angle of domination for a non-descript McGuffin. The MCU has evolved into a universe exploring more impactful themes, like the devastation of a lost family in Black Widow and the redemption for villains inSpider-Man: No Way Home, which has seen the MCU find the imperfect depths of their heroes and bring their villains back from darkness into the brightness of light.
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One Daredevil episode in particular encapsulated the blurring lines between good and evil and moral greyness, with season 1, episode 6, «Condemned,» and put on display what made Netflix’s Daredevil so great while proving why the character fits into the MCU. The
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