Imagine Mean Girls, but everyone’s GPA is dangerously high, and their drug dealer is also the student body Machiavelli. That’s Selah and the Spades. Aesthetically elite. Emotionally repressed. Probably smell like expensive incense and broken dreams.
Look, Selah is the kind of girl who’d stab you in the back and correct your grammar while doing it. She's magnetic, terrifying, and has a Notes app full of poetic threats. Watching her manipulate everyone around her is like watching a high school version of House of Cards, but with better lighting and even colder glares.
The dialogue occasionally feels like it got lost on its way to a poetry slam, and yes, not every plot thread ties up as neatly as Selah’s uniform — but when the vibes are this immaculate, who cares? Tayarisha Poe directs like she has a secret society of her own, and I respect that.
Could have used 10% more plot, 20% fewer monologues, and maybe just one adult wondering why these kids are engaging in organized crime between calculus exams.
Still, an impressive debut. Would absolutely join the Spades and then immediately get kicked out for asking too many questions.
Imagine Mean Girls, but everyone’s GPA is dangerously high, and their drug dealer is also the student body Machiavelli. That’s Selah and the Spades. Aesthetically elite. Emotionally repressed. Probably smell like expensive incense and broken dreams.
Look, Selah is the kind of girl who’d stab you in the back and correct your grammar while doing it. She's magnetic, terrifying, and has a Notes app full of poetic threats. Watching her manipulate everyone around her is like watching a high school version of House of Cards, but with better lighting and even colder glares.
The dialogue occasionally feels like it got lost on its way to a poetry slam, and yes, not every plot thread ties up as neatly as Selah’s uniform — but when the vibes are this immaculate, who cares? Tayarisha Poe directs like she has a secret society of her own, and I respect that.
Could have used 10% more plot, 20% fewer monologues, and maybe just one adult wondering why these kids are engaging in organized crime between calculus exams.
Still, an impressive debut. Would absolutely join the Spades and then immediately get kicked out for asking too many questions.
