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Description
New York playwright Radha Blank is in a funk. She thought by 40 she’d be published, married, and entertaining friends in a country cottage somewhere. But nope! 39 has found her single, overweight, living in a cramped Harlem studio apartment, teaching teens who barely respect her and mourning a mother, who as a painter, never rose out of obscurity. When Radha's best friend, theater agent Archie sets up a meeting between her and hot shot theater producer Josh Whiteman, it looks like her big break before the big 4-0 is imminent. But an explosive encounter between Radha and the producer leaves him in her choke-hold and the down-on-her-luck playwright's career in the toilet. With nothing left to lose, Radha decides to reinvent herself as rapper RadhaMUSprime. She recruits D, a Hip Hop producer from Brooklyn, to help her record "The 40-Year-Old Version,” a mixtape that will reclaim her voice as an artist once and for all. The 40-Year-OldVersion is a New York comedy that splices real life and fiction together in the journey of a woman moving through the NY theater and Hip Hop scenes in the hopes of finding artistic freedom and success.