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The Forty Year Old Version

Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.

Director

Radha Blank

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Hillman Grad Productions,Endeavor Content

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award23 wins & 43 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.netflix.com/title/80231356

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Radha

Archie

D

Elaine

Rosa

Haskiri Velazquez

Waldo

Kamal

J. Whitman

Lamont

Jacob Ming-Trent

Julie

Stacey

Stacey Sargeant

Marcus

William Oliver Watkins

Jaime

Forrest

Snazzy

Korean Vendor

Dominicana

Cristina Gonzalez

Avery

Black Actor

Bus Driver

Muslim Vendor

Lyla

Joy

Rapping Dude

Qaasim Middleton

D's Boy

Corwin C. Tuggles

Male Lead

Michael Izquierdo

Janelle

Mickey Factz

Kemba

Girl 1

Desiree Duncker

Girl 2

Girl 3

RosettaMUSprime

Gloria Attenburg

Babs

Lynese 'Babs' Wiley

Norma Bayts

Ms. Fit

Shooney Da Rapper

Shooney Da Rapper

Miss Undastood

Frank Dilella

Ravi

Fake Kamal

Fake Rosa

Fake Waldo

Francisco Burgos

Black Woman

Kyah Baby

'Robo Pop' Security Guard

Stewart Steinburg

Bertram The Pomeranian

Bertram The Pomeranian

Club Patron

Waitstaff

Samantha Browne-Walters

Cameo

Theater Patron

Julie Chateauvert

Big Butt Man w

Theater Patron

Rapper in Cypher

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Avery Radha Forrest Archie Waldo Lamont

Thank you. Thank you for sharing that,
Elaine, really. - The Forty Year Old Version

Thank you. Thank you for sharing that, Elaine, really.

Any more thought on what kind of play
we want to write? - The Forty Year Old Version

Any more thought on what kind of play we want to write?

Like this strange blue cloud comes down
from the sky raining on everybody, right? - The Forty Year Old Version

Like this strange blue cloud comes down from the sky raining...

But then the next day,
every man caught in the rain, - The Forty Year Old Version

But then the next day, every man caught in the rain,

Hmm. So, like, um,
a sci-fi mystery kind of thing. - The Forty Year Old Version

Hmm. So, like, um, a sci-fi mystery kind of thing.

No, no, no. We should do some
racial-type political shit, - The Forty Year Old Version

No, no, no. We should do some racial-type political shit,

'Cause a white vagina is a plot
to destroy a Black family. - The Forty Year Old Version

'Cause a white vagina is a plot to destroy a Black fami...

Shit, my mom would kill me
if I even touch one, you feel me? - The Forty Year Old Version

Shit, my mom would kill me if I even touch one, you feel me?

Okay, guys, can we come up with ideas
that don't involve genitalia? - The Forty Year Old Version

Okay, guys, can we come up with ideas that don't involv...

You know, just in case somebody's
grandmother wants to come to the show. - The Forty Year Old Version

You know, just in case somebody's grandmother wants to ...

Ha, ha, ha. Very funny. Okay, that's fine. - The Forty Year Old Version

Ha, ha, ha. Very funny. Okay, that's fine.

Oh, 2012, and they ain't producing her
'cause white people scared of the truth. - The Forty Year Old Version

Oh, 2012, and they ain't producing her 'cause whit...

Right, Brosa, so stop kissing her ass.
You ain't going down on her. - The Forty Year Old Version

Right, Brosa, so stop kissing her ass. You ain't going ...

How's somebody who ain't had no real hit
gonna tell me how to write a fucking play? - The Forty Year Old Version

How's somebody who ain't had no real hit gonna tel...

And that's why
she's teaching at the school, - The Forty Year Old Version

And that's why she's teaching at the school,

I told you there were 20 invalids
on my bus today, okay? - The Forty Year Old Version

I told you there were 20 invalids on my bus today, okay?

But you know what, Elaine?
This isn't Dangerous Minds. - The Forty Year Old Version

But you know what, Elaine? This isn't Dangerous Minds.

And, by the way, I actually have
a production coming up. Thank you. - The Forty Year Old Version

And, by the way, I actually have a production coming up. Tha...

I said sit your disrespectful ass down.
Now, puta. - The Forty Year Old Version

I said sit your disrespectful ass down. Now, puta.

Okay? Now, girls...
I mean, gender non-conformists. - The Forty Year Old Version

Okay? Now, girls... I mean, gender non-conformists.

Fuck Time Out New York! - The Forty Year Old Version

Fuck Time Out New York!

Like RadhaMUSprime, you'll rise again
to slay all these Decepticunts out here! - The Forty Year Old Version

Like RadhaMUSprime, you'll rise again to slay all these...

They don't pay me enough for this shit. - The Forty Year Old Version

They don't pay me enough for this shit.

Hi! You've reached Archie Choi. - The Forty Year Old Version

Hi! You've reached Archie Choi.

I'm either gonna kill
or fuck one of these damn kids. - The Forty Year Old Version

I'm either gonna kill or fuck one of these damn kids.

Archie, where's my regional production?
Like, what do I gotta do? - The Forty Year Old Version

Archie, where's my regional production? Like, what do I...

Write a... slave musical?
An all-white play? - The Forty Year Old Version

Write a... slave musical? An all-white play?

Oh, hey, Avery. What? - The Forty Year Old Version

Oh, hey, Avery. What?

Elaine probably would have chilled
if you just complimented her stupid poem. - The Forty Year Old Version

Elaine probably would have chilled if you just complimented ...

I prefer my woman thick - The Forty Year Old Version

I prefer my woman thick

Forrest, thank you
for meeting me so last minute. - The Forty Year Old Version

Forrest, thank you for meeting me so last minute.

I, uh, wanted to talk to you about
my workshop production with you... - The Forty Year Old Version

I, uh, wanted to talk to you about my workshop production wi...

Black theater spaces are often
under-resourced and underfunded, - The Forty Year Old Version

Black theater spaces are often under-resourced and underfund...

Still, my agent thinks
that, um, at this point in my career, - The Forty Year Old Version

Still, my agent thinks that, um, at this point in my career,

Yes, it was quite a couple years ago,
but I... I did win that award. - The Forty Year Old Version

Yes, it was quite a couple years ago, but I... I did win tha...

He feels that I should maybe
have a regional production of the play, - The Forty Year Old Version

He feels that I should maybe have a regional production of t...

And, uh, for a fee that, I don't know,
is enough to pay my rent... - The Forty Year Old Version

And, uh, for a fee that, I don't know, is enough to pay...

Oh, sorry.
My knees are a little out of shape there. - The Forty Year Old Version

Oh, sorry. My knees are a little out of shape there.

The ancestors,
they're always with us, - The Forty Year Old Version

The ancestors, they're always with us,

They told me,
despite the numerous challenges, - The Forty Year Old Version

They told me, despite the numerous challenges,

And now, they're reminding me
that what we create here - The Forty Year Old Version

And now, they're reminding me that what we create here

Is imbued with a spirit of cause Yes - The Forty Year Old Version

Is imbued with a spirit of cause Yes

So, I have an Aunt Karen and I know she...
wants my rent paid. - The Forty Year Old Version

So, I have an Aunt Karen and I know she... wants my rent pai...

Guess who finally booked
two tickets to Greece? - The Forty Year Old Version

Guess who finally booked two tickets to Greece?

Maybe you'll finally get a nigga
to go home with you tonight, huh? - The Forty Year Old Version

Maybe you'll finally get a nigga to go home with you to...

And by up there, I mean - The Forty Year Old Version

And by up there, I mean

Michael and I are invested
in a multi-racial revival of Fences! - The Forty Year Old Version

Michael and I are invested in a multi-racial revival of Fenc...

In between drinks
and trying to grope my ass, - The Forty Year Old Version

In between drinks and trying to grope my ass,

You know women of color playwrights
are very hot right now. - The Forty Year Old Version

You know women of color playwrights are very hot right now.

J. Whitman only does Black poverty porn
plays of which mine are not. - The Forty Year Old Version

J. Whitman only does Black poverty porn plays of which mine ...

Great, so I stopped masturbating, - The Forty Year Old Version

Great, so I stopped masturbating,

"Archie, where's my regional production?" - The Forty Year Old Version

"Archie, where's my regional production?"

Look, I let that man graze my ass,
so you're going to ingest a breath mint - The Forty Year Old Version

Look, I let that man graze my ass, so you're going to i...

Our all-female production
of 12 Angry Men, my idea, - The Forty Year Old Version

Our all-female production of 12 Angry Men, my idea,

I'm sorry, but I draw the line
at fresh cow shit. - The Forty Year Old Version

I'm sorry, but I draw the line at fresh cow shit.

Harlem Ave is about a young Black man - The Forty Year Old Version

Harlem Ave is about a young Black man

And how this young couple struggles to... - The Forty Year Old Version

And how this young couple struggles to...

- There's something there.
- Okay. - The Forty Year Old Version

- There's something there. - Okay.

I mean if you're going to
call it Harlem Ave, - The Forty Year Old Version

I mean if you're going to call it Harlem Ave,

I should write in a teen mother
shooting up in an alley. - The Forty Year Old Version

I should write in a teen mother shooting up in an alley.

A Black Harlem shifting under
a white hipster land grab, - The Forty Year Old Version

A Black Harlem shifting under a white hipster land grab,

I ask myself,
"Did a Black person really write this?" - The Forty Year Old Version

I ask myself, "Did a Black person really write this?&qu...

There's definitely a voice
under all those words... - The Forty Year Old Version

There's definitely a voice under all those words...

- All those words.
- ...but the writing needs work. - The Forty Year Old Version

- All those words. - ...but the writing needs work.

I still need a writer
for my Harriet Tubman musical. - The Forty Year Old Version

I still need a writer for my Harriet Tubman musical.

That's... that's great. - The Forty Year Old Version

That's... that's great.

# Girl, don't flake # - The Forty Year Old Version

# Girl, don't flake #

Yo, where my period at? - The Forty Year Old Version

Yo, where my period at?

She's still very fragile,
very Miss Sofia after jail, you know? - The Forty Year Old Version

She's still very fragile, very Miss Sofia after jail, y...

Oh, my Unabomber realness.
Okay, baby, I'll call you back. Bye. - The Forty Year Old Version

Oh, my Unabomber realness. Okay, baby, I'll call you ba...

I'm okay, I'm okay, but listen, I need
to talk to you about something. - The Forty Year Old Version

I'm okay, I'm okay, but listen, I need to talk to ...

- Me, too. So, last night...
- Last night was crazy. - The Forty Year Old Version

- Me, too. So, last night... - Last night was crazy.

Got off 145
Guess who pass? - The Forty Year Old Version

Got off 145 Guess who pass?

A skinny white dude
with the fattest ass - The Forty Year Old Version

A skinny white dude with the fattest ass

- Look, just... just think about it.
- What? Think about what? - The Forty Year Old Version

- Look, just... just think about it. - What? Think about wha...

Think about me doing hip hop - The Forty Year Old Version

Think about me doing hip hop

Archie, where did I spend
most of my time in high school? - The Forty Year Old Version

Archie, where did I spend most of my time in high school?

No, I was in the cafeteria, - The Forty Year Old Version

No, I was in the cafeteria,

You used to charge people to battle me - The Forty Year Old Version

You used to charge people to battle me

I can make real music, - The Forty Year Old Version

I can make real music,

I found this Brownsville DJ-producer
on Instagram. - The Forty Year Old Version

I found this Brownsville DJ-producer on Instagram.

I think you just show up with
a bag of weed or something, but anyway, - The Forty Year Old Version

I think you just show up with a bag of weed or something, bu...

Something that doesn't rely
on critics or gatekeepers. - The Forty Year Old Version

Something that doesn't rely on critics or gatekeepers.

What, so there's a 40 under 40 list
that I don't know about? - The Forty Year Old Version

What, so there's a 40 under 40 list that I don't k...

Okay, look, you make your little music,
if that's what you need to do. - The Forty Year Old Version

Okay, look, you make your little music, if that's what ...

- Thank you. I appreciate it.
- In the meantime, - The Forty Year Old Version

- Thank you. I appreciate it. - In the meantime,

Two big white butts in one day - The Forty Year Old Version

Two big white butts in one day

You wanna do what? - The Forty Year Old Version

You wanna do what?

# Girl, don't flake
Bitch, let's bake # - The Forty Year Old Version

# Girl, don't flake Bitch, let's bake #

We sisters finally got a Michelle Obama
out here and you want to go do this - The Forty Year Old Version

We sisters finally got a Michelle Obama out here and you wan...

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Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.

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Director: Radha Blank

Writer: Radha Blank

Production: Hillman Grad Productions,Endeavor Content

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 80/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 09 Oct 2020

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award23 wins & 43 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/80231356

Also watch: Time, Disclosure, Blizzard of Souls, Rabbit Hole, Quills, Waves, The Dig, Rebecca, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Santa Clause, Ride Along, The Gentlemen, To All the Boys: Always and Forever, Nimona, Yesterday, Promising Young Woman