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PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST Blank plays a onetime wunderkind hitting middle age in her fresh, funny comedy.
Our streaming entertainment options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. This week, I caught up with playwright and TV writer Radha Blank's
The Forty-Year-Old Version, a Netflix original that is popping up on some 2020 "best of" lists.
The deal
When she appeared on a prestigious "30 under 30" list, playwright Radha (Blank) thought her star was ascending. Now, as the lifelong New Yorker approaches her 40th birthday, even the high school kids she teaches rib her about her stalled career. Her love life? Also a nonstarter, as the smart-mouthed guy who lives on her neighbor's stoop is all too eager to remind her.