I watched this comedy on Netflix. Writer, director and star Radha Blank won the top directing prize at Sundance for her film. The headline from a Guardian Review (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/11/the-40-year-old-version-review-radha-blank-sundance) calls the film “razor-sharp satire.” The reviewer goes on to report that, “It’s a sharply observed comment on the ways women of colour are encouraged to contort their creativity in order to be consumed by white audiences.” The film is both funny and thought- provoking. When diverse voices struggle and succeed to break through and give me the opportunity to hear what they have to say, I always benefit. Authentic art has power to transform.
The Forty-Year-Old Version
By
Open Arts Spring 2023 
Barbara, I got Netflix for the pandemic & I could do with some razor-sharp satire! Thanks.
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Ditto, Teri – thanks for the rec, B!
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I am halfway through and very much am enjoying it, thanks B!
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I just finished the second half– what a treat. I got to go back to NYC a bit.
Watching this also made me consider how the male/female paradigm plays a role in artistic censorship as well. How often are women adapting their art for the male, patriarchal world?
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