8 Reasons Why Daredevil Is Marvel's Greatest Superhero
3. The Courtroom Dynamic Is Complex And Creative
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Out of all the occupations in the legal profession, none have been more represented in the media than the lawyer. Give or take a few police procedurals of course. Perry Mason, Atticus Finch, Ally McBeal, Vinny Gambini and to a lesser extent Jeff Winger have all come to embody the noble defence attorney in popular culture, but Matt Murdock is a different kind of special.
Ignoring the very on the nose irony of a blind lawyer personifying the oft-espoused belief that 'justice is itself blind,' Murdock's relation to the law is one especially intriguing. On one hand, Matt, as a representative of Nelson & Murdock, puts his faith in the law and adheres to it when it comes to trial. On the other, Daredevil subverts it in order to achieve justice, showcasing the reality that the legal system isn't nearly as black and white as the paper it's printed on.
In order to achieve justice one must often challenge the law - something Daredevil does on a daily basis. You don't have to dig deeper beneath the surface to find the best of this dynamic however. More often than not the cases that Matt takes on embody the very best of pop-culture's courtroom dramas, and when they happen to intersect with Murdock's life under the cowl, the stories only get more absorbing.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
