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Authenticity is Actually Kind of Boring: On 'Daredevil: Born Again'

April 11th, 2025 | 3 min read

By Jake Meador

When Netflix released the original Daredevil show in 2015, it stood out (like its other Marvel shows, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and The Punisher) because it was interested in the moral lives of its characters. The problem these particular shows (which can in many ways be talked about separately from the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe) found endlessly fascinating was what it meant to be a good person in a morally ambiguous world.

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.