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Oct 9, 2020 · The delightful chutzpah of Radha Blank’s first feature, “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (streaming on Netflix)—which she wrote, directed, and stars in—starts with the fact that she plays a ...
Oct 13, 2020 · October 13, 2020 3:00 pm. "The 40-Year-Old Version". Audiences can’t help but root for the underdog, and that’s exactly what writer-director-actor Radha Blank ‘s black-and-white directorial ...
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Oct 8, 2020 · Radha Blank wrote, directed, and stars in The Forty-Year-Old Version, a hilarious comedy about the struggle to stay true to your voice as a marginalized creator while also getting paid. The film is now on Netflix worldwide. The Forty-Year-Old Version: A brilliant comedy about the struggle not to sell out. Image courtesy of Netflix.
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Radha was once a promising playwright, even winning a 30-under-30 Award. But those days are long behind her, and she is gradually vanishing into obscurity. Despite the best efforts of her agent and childhood friend Archie (Peter Kim), none of her plays has been staged in recent years. To support herself, she has accepted a job as a playwriting teac...
With the help of D, Radha begins to explore the thriving counterculture that exists around rap. But her first time on stage ends in a disaster. She then decides to go back to what is familiar to her. She accepts the changes that Whitman wants to introduce to her play and begins working on the production. She initially wanted a black director to hel...
In the hours leading to the premiere, Radha considers her options. She has this hilarious conversation with the homeless man who lives on the sidewalk across from her apartment, and he tells her harshly that he is not some former artist who can give her advice at this critical point in her life. Ultimately, she does decide to go, although she never...
Sep 30, 2020 · This year, Radha Blank became the second Black woman to earn that prize for her first feature, The Forty-Year-Old Version. It was a worthy winner, not just because it's a terrific movie, but also ...
Oct 12, 2020 · Published on October 12, 2020. Photo: Jeong Park/Netflix. After a successful premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, The Forty-Year-Old Version, the debut film from multi-talented New ...
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Oct 7, 2020 · This is exactly why Blank chose the title she did. It’s not an accident that “The Forty-Year-Old Version” sounds like another famous movie title. She meant to appropriate Judd Apatow’s “The 40-Year-Old-Virgin,” made by a filmmaker who loves a long comedy about a protagonist (usually a white man) just “figuring it out.”
