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Daredevil’s Brewster: Badass, Intelligent and Upright

IN SCIENCE, a brewster is a unit used to measure something called “the susceptibility of a material to photoelasticity.” In regard to cultural/philosophical charges, a brewster is a person who reflects the capacity of one’s spirit to remain flexible under the spot-light, who can stretch under duress to overcome challenges to benefit those around him or her. In Britain, Brewer is a family name for the mellow Southern Englanders who made lagers, while Brewster is the rustic alias for the tough Northern English and badass clans of Scotland who distilled robust ales.

After interviewing Chris Brewster, I came to the conclusion he’s the Brewster of the stunt world: a badass stuntman, intelligent fight choreo-grapher and upright stunt coordinator.

BORN IN NYACK, New York, Chris Brewster embarked on the martial path when he was 4. Not

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