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The 40-Year-Old Version's Peter Kim Is Fighting Asian Racism Onstage

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The 40-Year-Old Version, Netflix’s critically acclaimed comedy from Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions. Directed and written by Blank, the film is inspired by her life and the struggles she faced as a Black woman trying to retain her authentic voice in the entertainment industry.Kim was an early player in Version’s journey, which began as an idea for a web series and then developed into a film through a Sundance Institute lab.

When Blank asked Kim to participate, it wasn’t for dialect purposes. She had developed a character, Archie, inspired by Kim.There has never been a relationship in film quite like that of the (fictionalized) Radha, a playwright who turns to rapping as she approaches 40, and Archie, her agent, cheerleader, and.

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